Luke Akehurst: After May outlined her dystopian fantasy, Labour should look to the example of Attlee and Wilson
In confronting the two great foreign policy challenges facing the UK, Labour needs to draw inspiration from the…
Clement Attlee
As today’s right-wingers exploit the debate on immigration, Labour should look to Churchill in the fight against intolerance
Watching the last weeks of the US election was like witnessing a slow-motion repeat of June 23, itself…
McDonnell: Core Labour achievements of council housing and NHS “under attack” from Tories
John McDonnell has used a personal video message to warn that Labour’s core achievements – such as social…
Labour could plunge to worst defeat for 85 years, warns Lord Glasman
Labour is at risk of a catastrophic general election defeat that could plunge it below 100 seats, Lord…
The expert opinion is in: Clement Attlee was the most successful post-war PM
Clement Attlee was the best prime minister since the Second World War, while David Cameron was the worst…
Neal Lawson: Labour is stuck but the people who want to leap to a new politics are scattered across the party
Dear Labour, B.B. (Before Brexit), I started writing constructively critical letters to other progressive parties; the Greens, the…
Luke Akehurst: History tells us Corbyn’s successor will offer “unity versus civil war”
Despite Jeremy Corbyn’s surprising appearance at the Progress annual conference on Saturday, unity is proving difficult to achieve…
Luke Akehurst: Labour is in a mess – but you must vote for the party of Attlee, Wilson and Blair
The Socialist Workers Party used to call on its members to “Vote Labour – with no illusions”. I…
Clement Attlee chosen as Labour’s greatest ever leader
The Spirit of ’45 lives on – Clement Attlee was the Labour Party’s greatest ever leader, according to…
Attlee’s Government reminds Labour’s moderates what they gave up
Back in 1987, Ken Livingstone wrote a book called ‘If Voting Changed Anything, They’d Abolish It’. I picked…
