Comment Labour looked over the brink this weekend then took a step back Labour looked over the brink this weekend then took a step back. If there had been a decision… Luke Akehurst 29th September, 2015, 9:44 am
Comment Down-ticket, things are not quite so rosy for the Labour left Jeremy Corbyn’s victory turned out to be on an extraordinary scale – 59.5% of the vote. His political… Luke Akehurst 15th September, 2015, 9:05 am
Comment The leadership result is going to be closer than you think At risk of getting egg all over my face, I think the leadership result is going to be… Luke Akehurst 8th September, 2015, 11:07 am
Comment What will happen at Labour’s Annual Conference? With everyone focussed on Labour’s announcement of the leadership election result on 12 September it is easy to forget that just… Luke Akehurst 1st September, 2015, 8:15 am
Comment The battle for Labour’s soul: this leadership election is the start of that battle not the end of it It ain’t over yet. With 18 days to go, most commentators seem to think the Labour leadership election… Luke Akehurst 25th August, 2015, 8:47 am
Comment What are the other Labour elections taking place right now? The Leadership and Deputy Leadership are not the only votes full members (as opposed to Registered and Affiliated… Luke Akehurst 18th August, 2015, 9:11 am
Comment How did we get in this mess? The next few weeks are, whatever the outcome, going to be crucial to Labour’s future. Either the party… Luke Akehurst 11th August, 2015, 7:20 am
Comment We’ve already tried Jeremy Corbyn’s alternative electoral strategy and it didn’t work I’m going to start by listing a bunch of things that I believe to be self-evident truths: The… Luke Akehurst 4th August, 2015, 8:22 am
Comment What do final CLP nomination patterns mean for each leadership candidate? Two weeks ago I did an initial analysis of the patterns in the CLP nominations for Leader. We… Luke Akehurst 1st August, 2015, 9:45 am
Comment Where is Jeremy Corbyn’s support coming from? I haven’t bought the argument there is a mass entryism problem afflicting Labour’s leadership election. Entryism means an… Luke Akehurst 28th July, 2015, 8:09 am