Comment Brexit has deepened the divergence of priorities between the Labour voters of Cambridge and Stoke – Hunt’s final speech This is Tristram Hunt’s final speech to the Commons, delivered yesterday, during a debate on crime, security and Brexit.… Tristram Hunt 19th January, 2017, 8:42 am
Comment Labour’s big players know we must debate immigration – but party must resist the lure of the right’s post-truth populism Immigration is a topic no one in Labour really relishes discussing. In this post-truth era, where facts no longer… Emma Bean 12th December, 2016, 5:00 pm
Comment 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… Denis MacShane 11th November, 2016, 12:30 pm
News All-women shortlists, representing society and a very male set of witnesses… what Corbyn told women in politics hearing Jeremy Corbyn appeared alongside the leaders of the Lib Dems and the SNP and Tory party chair Sir… 13th October, 2016, 9:26 am
Comment Plans for Labour’s “semi-split” shows rebel MPs are preparing for another year in loveless marriage with Corbyn Stung by accusations they don’t have a plan, Labour’s rebel MPs have let it be known they could… Peter Edwards 1st August, 2016, 5:03 pm
Comment Cameron is trying to rewrite the constitution to become a Downing Street Squatter In 2010, the Sun printed a piece attacking a man “squatting in a luxury home near the Houses… Mark Ferguson 5th May, 2015, 9:58 am
Featured There are days upon which the Commons can make you proud. Today was one of those days The House of Commons is a remarkable institution. It’s one that I admire and respect, criticise and traduce.… Mark Ferguson 26th March, 2015, 3:58 pm
News Are Northern female MPs facing “orchestrated barracking” from Tory MPs? Are female MPs from the North being targeted in the Commons because of their accents? That’s the experience… 18th February, 2014, 4:00 pm
Comment Last night the government severely curbed civil liberties, free speech and democracy Yesterday was a dreadful day for democracy and free speech in the UK. Last night, after weeks of… Mark Ferguson 29th January, 2014, 10:37 am
News Blair says Miliband was wrong to “divide the House” over Syria This morning Tony Blair told the Today programme: “I wrote before the vote that I thought we had… 6th September, 2013, 10:15 am