Confusion as Labour HQ picks male ex-mayor despite hope of all-women shortlist
Labour officials have named a former local mayor in Kent as its candidate in Slough. Activists hailed the…
Luke Akehurst
Luke Akehurst: This election is a fight for the survival of the Labour Party
Labour is, like the Light Brigade, charging into the valley of death. Fans of Lord Tennyson’s poetry will…
Luke Akehurst: These simple facts show Labour has declined in council by-elections
I’ve been regularly reviewing Labour’s performance in local council by-elections for LabourList. What’s happened on this front in…
Luke Akehurst: McDonnell should forget about claims of a “soft coup” against Corbyn and focus on the Budget
Bemusement, bafflement, despair and laughter. These have been common reactions to the recent antics of our shadow chancellor…
Luke Akehurst: Labour needs a leader who can win back the voters lost since 2005
Something is going on in the Labour Party and it isn’t on the moderate wing of the party.…
Luke Akehurst: After May outlined her dystopian fantasy, Labour should look to the example of Attlee and Wilson
In confronting the two great foreign policy challenges facing the UK, Labour needs to draw inspiration from the…
Corbyn heads stellar list of Labour figures at Fabians’ new year conference
Jeremy Corbyn will attempt to move on from a difficult week when he joins a stellar line-up to…
Luke Akehurst: The darkest hour comes before dawn – Labour’s best days electorally can still be ahead of it
I’ve been here before. That point where everything looks politically hopeless and people start to mutter about having…
Luke Akehurst: The blunt truth – Labour’s vote has fallen in most parts of Britain
At the end of September and in March this year and December 2015 I reviewed Labour’ s performance in local council…
Luke Akehurst: The threats facing Labour are worse than in the 80s but the party’s centre-left is in a better state
Things are worse for Labour than in the early 1980s is the lament from many on social media.…
