Labour’s prospects this May
As in each of the previous three years, here is my review of this May’s elections and what…
Luke Akehurst
10 things I’ve learned in local government
I’m not re-standing on 22nd May after 12 years as a Hackney Councillor, and two before that as Political…
Let go or lose. Labour can’t win unless it redistributes power
We have, at last, a real battle within the Labour party. It’s not between left and right. It’s…
Why yesterday’s letter to the Guardian was a mistake
Well this is a tricky one. Some of my best friends in politics – including the editor of…
Now it’s all about the implementation
Phew! Labour just managed to radically reform itself and increase its internal democracy and transparency, without a massive…
Desperate Tories descend into the gutter
A good indicator of how worried the Tory party is about the coming General Election is the degree…
How Labour suffers from “let’s ignore everyone except the Tories” syndrome
The most positive aspect of an altogether very pleasing by-election result in Wythenshawe and Sale East was the…
Party reform – an omelette without breaking any political eggs
The first thing that needs saying about the proposals on party reform that Ray Collins is tabling at…
Our party is a cause or it is nothing at all
Luke Akehurst was absolutely correct to underscore the importance of unity against our collective enemy – the Tory…
