Luke Akehurst: Want to win the election? It’s all about the marginals
Winning in First Past the Post elections is very little to do with the national vote share and…
Ed Miliband
What happened in the crunch manifesto meeting – Alice Perry’s latest NEC report
The Labour Party general election manifesto is agreed at a special session, known as the Clause V meeting.…
Manifesto blame game underway as MPs and activists debate the winners and losers from a sensational leak
Labour has been convulsed by debate today over the contents of its leaked election manifesto. As the party…
There is no coalition of the 48% – Labour must make the best of Brexit
Last week’s local election results may have disabused those hoping for a Lib Dem surge driven by highly…
Corbyn says he will not quit even if Labour loses the general election
Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to stay on as Labour leader even if the party loses the general election.…
Luke Akehurst: Our losses in local government were unprecedented
Every May since 2011 I have written a guide to what might constitute success for Labour in the…
An “ex-politician” but not yet a retired one – five things we learnt from David Miliband’s latest interview
David Miliband has described himself as an “ex-politician” in a candid interview with Spear’s, an upmarket magazine for…
Even if it doesn’t love him the Labour Party must learn to live with Tony Blair
How do you cope with the presence of Labour’s most electorally successful leader and the man who delivered…
PMQs verdict: Corbyn channels the spirit of Miliband to disrupt the robotic PM
So much for the Brexit election. The final prime minister’s questions before Britain goes to the polls was…
Luke Akehurst: This election is a fight for the survival of the Labour Party
Labour is, like the Light Brigade, charging into the valley of death. Fans of Lord Tennyson’s poetry will…
