Comment ‘The PM channels Attlee on defence. But a wealth tax, not aid cuts, should fund it’ Listening to Sir Keir Starmer explaining why standing up to Russian tyranny and bending over backward to get… Denis MacShane 4th March, 2025, 4:23 pm
Comment Budget 2024: ‘How Labour can fix the worst economic inheritance since 1945’ Winning the last election means we have the chance to start rebuilding this nation’s prosperity after fourteen years… Jeevun Sandher 14th October, 2024, 11:26 am
News ‘Attlee won in ’45 but lost in ’51. His time in office carries a warning for Starmer’ Whatever happens next, Labour’s 2024 election victory will go down in history along with its small handful of… Steven Fielding 7th July, 2024, 9:00 am
Comment ‘Exit plans and Steptoe and Sons: How past leaders spent nervy election nights’ The polls are open and the campaign is over. And while the political parties will spend the day… Anthony Broxton 4th July, 2024, 4:03 pm
Book review Cruddas book review: ‘Intriguing spin on party tradition, but a pamphlet would do’ Jon Cruddas has written a book. It’s titled A Century of Labour, and it aims to trace the… Morgan Jones 25th February, 2024, 9:00 am
Comment ‘Members have always played a vital role in urging Labour to be bolder in power’ The challenges faced by the Labour Party in 1924 as it sought government for the first time have… Richard Johnson 22nd January, 2024, 10:55 am
Comment ‘100 years since Labour first came to power, we must ask why it so often loses’ This month heralds the publication of a swathe of books commemorating the first Labour government in January 1924.… Patrick Diamond 19th January, 2024, 7:30 am
Comment ‘Starmer must emulate Attlee in 2024 – and seize the opportunity for change’ As election day gets closer, Labour will face growing pressure to set out a clearer vision for Britain’s… Stewart Lansley 3rd January, 2024, 9:45 am
Comment ‘The party of service: Is Starmer’s new rhetoric smart or empty?’ “Service” seems to be Keir Starmer’s word of the month. Earlier in December, the Labour leader praised Margaret… Olly Gough 29th December, 2023, 8:30 am
Columnist ‘Labour can restore our NHS to glory – by reinstating it as a fully public service’ The NHS is the best thing this country has ever invented. Right now, Labour has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity… Cat Hobbs 2nd November, 2023, 7:30 am