St George’s Day: ‘Labour should take on the challenge of appealing to England’
In a recent and quite bizarre argument, Russian-born ‘comic’ Kisin Konstantin declared that English-born Rishi Sunak wasn’t English…
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‘National flags and identity can be inclusive – we’re right to embrace them’
From the very beginning, Keir Starmer’s Labour has been proudly patriotic. The 2022 Labour Party conference opened with…
‘Labour must reject assumptions about Englishness and promote its inclusivity’
An enduring myth about national identity in England – not least on the left – is that Britishness…
‘Taking SNP seats alone won’t fix unease over the union – in Scotland or England’
Labour’s stunning victory in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election opens the door to many more Scottish Labour…
‘Ministers like control, but Labour must offer radical, irreversible devolution’
Labour has promised a ‘Take Back Control Bill’ in the first King’s Speech. Aimed at England, it must…
‘Labour must reverse council cuts and base funding on need, not local wealth’
As the saying goes, all politics is local. For all the spectacle and drama that Westminster politics brings,…
When will local election results be announced in my area?
Labour is hoping for a significant breakthrough in this week’s local election results, with senior figures talking up…
St George’s Day: Labour can’t ‘take back control’ without devolving English government
On another St George’s Day, England’s government is creeping onto the agenda. It is not English identity that…
Brown’s reforms do not go far enough. We must embrace a more radical vision
As Labour consults the public about the distribution of power, the real debate must be whether the Brown…
Labour can and must transform the UK into a union of nations – here’s how
England is the most centralised and unequal nation in Europe. Power is hoarded at the centre in Westminster…
