Six decades on, Crosland would have been horrified by the rise of populism and the spread of “post-truth” politics
Anthony Crosland’s momentous treatise on The Future of Socialism was published 60 years ago, in a Britain afflicted…
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Richard Corbett: There’s no mandate for a Brexit that pushes Britain over the cliff-edge
Those who consider that the British people have spoken clearly in favour of Brexit (and many don’t, given…
Britain must help The Gambia’s new president to achieve his full promise – Emily Thornberry’s letter to Boris
This is the full text of the letter that Emily Thornberry has sent to Boris Johnson. The Rt…
Diane Abbott: Students need to be taken out of immigration targets
Students must be removed from the immigration target, Diane Abbott said today. The shadow home secretary made the…
Tackle Brexit, call out Tory failures and listen to Labour’s brilliant staff: Witney candidate on how to get a by-election boost
I have thought hard about the parallels between Witney and Richmond Park, which might be useful in the…
Glenis Willmott: Brexit is beginning to bite and Britons’ jobs and wages are on the line
So now we know. Brexit will cost the UK economy almost £60bn over the next five years. Borrowing…
Alison McGovern: As borrowing balloons the blame for this mess lies with the Brexiteers who made up the facts
So here’s the very bad news. Our country looks set to be plunged into debt now totalling £2…
Geraint Davies: Labour will not win votes by becoming a pro-Brexit party – but let’s give people a say on the terms of departure
Despite what many twittering Remainers like to think, the great majority of those who voted Brexit did not…
PM’s stone-faced silence leaves Farage and Boris as Britain’s insulting faces abroad, writes Labour’s top MEP
Today, as Theresa May meets the leaders of the US, Germany, France and Italy at a mini-summit in…
PMQs verdict: combative Corbyn’s points of detail edge out awkward, scripted May
It began with an issue few will have heard of but Jeremy Corbyn’s tactics today were more familiar:…
