Sadiq Khan, London Mayor candidate, slams overuse of the word ‘aspiration’ in leadership contest
Sadiq Khan, London mayoral hopeful, has said that the word “aspiration” has been used far too much in…
Ed Miliband
Chuka Umunna says it’s not “impossible” but “quite unlikely” he’d stand to be leader in the future
Chuka Umunna was one of the people to put his name forward to be Labour leader following the…
No more abstract nouns, we need to start talking about the real world
At rapid pace since Labour’s catastrophic defeat a fortnight ago, my inbox has been pinging with explanations about…
Poetry and prose please!
“As we come marching, marching, unnumbered women dead Go crying through our singing their ancient cry for bread.…
Untrusted on economy and competence: TUC polling sheds light on why Labour lost the election
Labour were seen as too profligate, too soft on welfare and immigration, and too incompetent, according to a…
Elections aren’t won in the centre ground
It’s tempting to think that elections are won in the middle. Imagine a hundred voters – spanning a…
Jon Trickett says Labour’s policies didn’t lose them election and criticises leadership candidates
Jon Trickett, who was shadow minister without portfolio under Miliband (a position he still holds) has rubbished claims…
The election lesson we must learn is relevance
The Tories won a slight majority to everyone’s genuine surprise, but Lynton Crosby’s. Labour’s soul searching has taken…
LabourList Podcast – Miliband’s legacy and leadership contenders
In the first post-election podcast, Conor Pope and Maya Goodfellow discuss Miliband’s legacy and which bits of…
Labour does not need uniformity, but unity
On Friday evening I went to my local Labour Party meeting in Oxford. What we had hoped would…
