Miliband reveals secret conversations with Vince Cable while he was Labour leader
Ed Miliband has revealed he held “surreptitious conversations” with Sir Vince Cable while he leader of the Opposition.…
Arnie Graf
Ed Wallis: Labour’s renewal must see the end of “message discipline” and political chicanery
We are living in a political age where events unfold without any regard for the conventional rulebook.…
Decommissioning machine politics is hard. Labour must adapt or be evolved out of existence
I read Arnie Graf’s piece for LabourList yesterday with some interest. I have to say it struck me…
Labour’s failure had little to do with organisers in the field
The fortunes of the Labour Party will not change until and unless the Party re-organises the purpose of…
The Labour Party: A machine or a movement?
How has the average Labour MP viewed the party’s members or supporters in the past? As foot soldiers…
Blue Labour makes a comeback with launch of new book
On Saturday, Blue Labour: Forging a New Centre Ground – a book written by high-profile figures of the…
Humility beats hubris – what Labour can learn from Delhi’s revolution
Delhi’s Spring has come early. A charismatic right-wing leader with rich backers has been defeated by a mass…
Members vs Money – serious questions about Labour’s election plan
In an article for the Guardian today, Labour’s election Chair Douglas Alexander has predicted that the Tories will…
The culture of politics needs to change from command and control to a culture of engagement
On Monday LabourList will be launching a pamphlet of essays entitled “Our Labour, Our Communities”, edited by Lisa…
Why and how we must fight to make the Labour Party better
This piece was inspired by the recent essay on the death of Social Democracy by Neal Lawson I…
