If Labour has the chance to form a government, we will have a constitutional duty to accept
We are getting near to the end of what, because the fixed-term Parliament has meant we have always…
Luke Akehurst
The seats where Labour’s ground game could decide the election
This looks like being one of the closest and most unpredictable General Elections ever. A handful of votes…
The truth is that South Thanet should never have been blue – let alone in danger of turning purple
There’s a lot of interest in the exact Dulux colour composition of Farage’s purple peril. We’ve already had…
Tactical voting: unless we are an open tribe, we will die
So Compass holds a debate about the relevance, or not, of tactical voting in the run up May…
It’s naive for Labour activists to encourage people to vote tactically for other parties
It is good to see the vast majority of Labour members focussed on campaigning in key marginal seats…
Labour’s industrial policy shows they get how to transform the economy
It was great to see Ed Miliband outline Labour’s industrial policy yesterday and put it at the heart…
Focusing on the NHS is the opposite of the strategic dead-end Milburn claims
The oddest and most annoying moment of the General Election campaign for me so far occurred two weeks…
It’s a travesty Labour will have just 3 disabled MPs – we need to act now
It’s taken as read that the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) is not as representative as it should be.…
Syriza’s victory? I’ve got mixed feelings
I don’t share the unalloyed delight about Syriza’s victory in Greece, and the sense that there are lessons…
The choice is not between decent hospitals and a properly defended country
I’m a big fan of John Prescott. His role in the OMOV debate at Annual Conference in 1993…
