Labour and the new realities of UK politics
Commentators and potential leadership contenders are, understandably, anxious to arrive at conclusions about why Labour did so badly…
General Election 2015
Elections aren’t won in the centre ground
It’s tempting to think that elections are won in the middle. Imagine a hundred voters – spanning a…
Jon Trickett says Labour’s policies didn’t lose them election and criticises leadership candidates
Jon Trickett, who was shadow minister without portfolio under Miliband (a position he still holds) has rubbished claims…
Making sense of it all – lessons of a crushing defeat
It has been a tough time for the Labour family. Hopes dashed. Great candidates defeated who sacrificed so…
Did the Tories buy the election?
The slaughter of his erstwhile partners the Liberal Democrats was the key to the David Cameron’s outright victory…
The election result is not as simple as a North-South divide
Last week’s General Election result has led some to suggest that there is a growing North-South divide in…
On comfort zones and moving on
There are five stages of grief. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Just a week ago, we were…
Ditch the focus-grouped-to-death, weird and meaningless phrases to re-connect with Labour’s lost voters
Labour’s resounding defeat last week was all the more painful because the scale of it had not been…
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…
General Election Liveblog 2015
We want to hear from you – how things are going in your area? Do you have any hot…
