John Mills: The radical change necessary to rebalance the economy and allow Labour to deliver a fairer society
Since the onset of the financial crisis, the Conservatives have hammered home a now-familiar narrative: Labour crashed the…
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Brexit is an “humiliation”, says David Miliband as he calls for second referendum
Brexit represents the “humiliation” of Britain, David Miliband has said as he prepares to publish a book about…
Eddie Izzard: Let’s end politics as usual and give 16 and 17-year-olds the vote
Campaigning up and down the country for the Labour Party and Jeremy Corbyn in the last general election,…
Neal Lawson: The project to build a green and socialist government to last forever begins again this weekend
As the weeks and months tick by, anyone who thought the next election would be won quickly and…
Believing in the “strength of our common endeavour” means we must stay in the EU
Terry Maher and Viv Pointon The Tories keep kicking the EU withdrawal bill into the long grass and…
Sue Hayman: Tories are dangerously confused over puppy smuggling
Today, the House of Commons debates the issue of puppy smuggling. The last Labour government’s animal welfare act was…
Richard Corbett: As Labour’s leader in Europe, I know our party is increasingly seen as a government in waiting
It is not without irony that, with Britain on the brink of leaving the EU, the scale and…
Gordon Brown: Why bank bail-out put me on brink of quitting… and how Fred Goodwin was stuck in denial
This is the latest extract from the introduction to Gordon Brown’s memoir, My Life, Our Times, which is published…
Troubled Brexit bill a chance for Labour to regroup and focus on Tory splits
The EU continues to create divisions across the political spectrum. This time, they are coming from Labour and…
A campaign which aimed to “take back control” must not mean more power for politicians rather than the people
As we get further along in the process of leaving the European Union what is becoming increasingly clear…
