Alison McGovern: We need to stop Tories capitulating to the hard-right over Brexit
Naturally I couldn’t help but enjoy watching the Tories running scared at their conference last week. They looked…
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Diane Abbott: Labour conference unity shows we can put Jeremy into No 10
As Tory Party conference continues, the contrast between Tory values and the Labour values we expressed at our…
May is robotically marching towards an extreme Brexit – Keir Starmer speech
This is the full text of the speech delivered at Labour conference today by Keir Starmer, the shadow…
Richard Corbett: May’s Florentine fudge simply highlighted Tory divisions
Ever since Guy Verhofstadt let slip that the monthly Brexit negotiating round was to be put back a…
Jude Kirton-Darling: Leaving the EU must not mean leaving women behind
In 2018 a monumental anniversary will take place – Britain will celebrate a century of voting rights for…
Blair: Hard Brexit could put “far left” Corbyn in Downing Street
Tony Blair has issued a warning over what he sees as the risk of a “an unreconstructed far-left”…
Ian Murray: The five times Brexiteers shot down Boris’ “lie” of £350m for the NHS
A prominent Labour MP who backed Remain has waded into the Tory row over cash for the NHS…
Christian Wolmar: Labour Brexit rebels must think of the consequences of voting with the cynical Tories
So the not-so-great repeal bill got through the Commons with a majority of 36. It is disappointing that…
Jeremy Corbyn: Billionaire tax dodging press barons don’t like trade unions
This is the full speech delivered by Jeremy Corbyn, Labour leader, at TUC Congress in Brighton today. Congress, thank…
Denis MacShane: Blair was wrong on immigration as PM but he is right now
Predictably anything that Tony Blair says is met with knee-jerk rent-a-quote Tory, Labour and trade union denunciations. But…
