Trump’s blue-collar victory shows Labour needs an answer to globalisation’s squeeze on the working class
Southern Discomfort, a 1990s pamphlet from the Fabian Society, argued that middle class voters of southern England were…
Brexit
People are right to be angry over austerity but Trump lacks the answers – Corbyn’s full speech on “taking back control”
We meet after the global wake-up call of Tuesdays US presidential election. Whether in the US or the…
Corbyn: Trump tapped into the problems facing millions of people but – like the Tories – he only offered someone to blame
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn today discussed the election of Donald Trump as US president when he gave a…
Corbyn: Donald Trump and the “billionaire-backed” Tories have no interest in letting voters take back control
Jeremy Corbyn will today tell British voters to “take back control” from vested Tory interests in the aftermath…
Richard Corbett: Let’s give the people a final say on the terms of Brexit
The likelihood of a vote in Parliament on Brexit has caused much comment on the degree to which…
Denis MacShane: Labour should carry out an audit of every constituency to highlight the lethal reality of a hard Brexit
Article 50 is a sequence of negotiations and the first part of them will be to decide what…
Chuka Umunna: Don’t fall into despair over Donald Trump’s victory – Labour’s values have never been more important
This is the message posted on his Facebook page today by Labour MP Chuka Umunna. I still believe…
Labour MPs prepare attempts to block article 50 despite party line
Several Labour MPs are prepared to vote against the triggering of article 50 in Parliament, despite assurances from…
Douglas Alexander: Post-fact politics fuelled the Brexit campaign and has now propelled Trump to the White House
This is the speech given by Douglas Alexander, the former secretary of state for international development, at the…
Politicians not up to challenges of “post truth” era, says former shadow Foreign Secretary
Voters on both sides of the Atlantic backed Brexit and Donald Trump because of a “post truth” politics…
