Labour lost because voters believed it was anti-austerity
Today the Independent Inquiry into why Labour lost announces the first of its findings. We set up the…
General Election 2015
If Labour can’t get past our political and emotional dissonance, we deserve to be out of power
The Labour party is immersed in a massive debate in how it all went wrong in May 2015…
Post-referendum slump drove Labour’s defeat in Scotland
Labour’s appalling election showing in Scotland was driven by those who had supported independence leaving the party to…
Learning lessons from Labour’s key seats
By Will Straw and Sally Keeble The 2015 general election was Labour’s for the taking. The coalition was…
Milibandism “can no longer be indulged”, says shadow minister
Ed Miliband left behind a legacy of “avoidable self-immolation”, with consequences that go beyond a single “catastrophic election…
Why I voted against the welfare reform and work bill
Last night I joined 47 of my colleagues in opposing the governments’ Welfare Reform and Work Bill and…
Speaking their language: lessons Labour can learn from business
Politicians from across the political spectrum are guilty of speaking to the public in a way which can…
The next Labour leader must champion electoral reform
In the most disproportionate election result in modern British electoral history, on the 7th May 2015, the Conservative…
Five key mistakes Miliband made that the next leader must learn from
Over the last couple of weeks I have been writing about the leadership race – how each candidate…
The tough choices Labour must make
This column isn’t going to win me any friends on the left but it’s about time Labour got…
