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Ed Miliband
A return to New Labour won’t help us connect with people who are disengaged from Labour
Last week’s General Election result was a disaster for the Labour Party and the millions of people who…
Now is not the time for timidity
The Conservatives should not even have been in contention in this election. With apparent disregard for its failure…
On comfort zones and moving on
There are five stages of grief. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Just a week ago, we were…
He may be gone – but here’s why Miliband’s legacy will continue to define Labour
On the day of Ed Miliband’s resignation, I texted one of his closest aides to ask why he…
No short-cut to unity of purpose
This defeat has been hard to take. Hard on our members, hard on the Labour Party and most…
We must “disagree without being disagreeable” to win again
In his last act as Labour leader, Ed Miliband bequeathed standards for the leadership election that will help…
It wasn’t what was in our manifesto that was the problem, it was what was missing
Well that was an unmitigated disaster. Last Thursday wasn’t the re-run of 1992 that some had feared, it…
David Miliband rules himself out of Labour leadership race – but attacks brother’s leadership
That had been some murmurings over the weekend that David Miliband may – as unlikely as it seemed…
Hard lessons from the east – but time to love our activists
The front page headline on this weekend’s Cambridge News is “It’s not all blue,” recording Labour’s success…
