Labour must challenge the ‘Red Wall’ framing – or risk a ‘balancing the books’ trap
Under Ed Miliband, the Labour Party tied itself up in knots trying to sell social democratic policies to…
General election 2019
Labour needs trade unions, they need Labour and workers need both
The TUC held its Organise 2020 event last week, an online festival of ideas and workshops aimed at…
What new data tells us about why voters rejected Labour in 2019
The publication of British Election Study data on the 2019 general election last week went relatively unnoticed amid…
Labour’s struggle: class and income no longer strongly relate to voting intention
The scale of the electoral challenge for Labour is greater than ever before. Our vote is concentrating inefficiently…
Labour must reject nationalism for an inclusive definition of community
How to reconnect with communities in places that we have lost in the general election has become one…
Labour must rediscover its working-class foundations in the North
A fire is burning. It’s the angry flame of the injustice that we feel about the way the…
Where next for Labour? Trade unions need to do some soul-searching
General election defeats for Labour are always keenly felt in the trade union movement. Although the relationship has…
Gurinder Singh Josan: Why I’m standing to be a member of Labour’s NEC
Having lost our fourth general election, Labour needs to urgently do away with the naked factionalism that allowed…
Cecile Wright: Why I’m standing to be a member of Labour’s NEC
The future of the party’s policies will, of course, depend on who is the new leader. Once elected,…
Why we need to shut up about ‘Labour heartlands’
Since that devastating exit poll dropped at 10pm on December 12th, the ‘Labour heartlands’ have been the focal…
