My kinda kinder politics
So I’m back from Brighton and conferenced out for another year. I’ve danced and sung, thought and listened,…
Emma Burnell
The best medicine
First there was the laughter. The revelation of rumours of David Cameron’s alleged youthful indiscretion was what Twitter was made…
Circuses and skillsets
I offer you this extended metaphor: There was once an incredibly famous trapeze artist. Let’s call him “The…
Labour figures react to the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour’s new leader
This lunchtime Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader of the Labour party, with a landslide victory. He gained 59.5%…
Leadership matters
This week has really shown up the petty squabbling in the Labour leadership contest for what it is…
How to debate
Another day, another unedifying row in the Labour Party’s never ending leadership contest. This time about a suggestion…
Changing our structures could be the key to avoiding this constant navel-gazing
Once again, the Labour Party has spent months talking to and about ourselves. The lesson we all swore…
Politics is still the art of persuasion, and this contest has shown little of that
As ballots finally drop (probably) in the Labour Leadership contest, there will be a number of factors that…
What sort of Labour Party do we want?
We have all talked a lot over the last few weeks about what kind of Leader we want…
What is a Deputy Leader for?
There are five big selection contests happening in the Labour Party at the moment. For Leader, Deputy Leader, Leader…
