The only thing clear about May’s politics is her contempt for her predecessor
Brexit and the policy to revive grammar schools demonstrate the directionless mind of Theresa May. By replacing Cameron,…
Margaret Thatcher
Red Wedge, music and tackling racism – 30 years on Labour must help heal a divided society once again
A Labour Party in civil war. Militancy. Entryism. Racially-motivated murders. Strikes in the public sector. The rise of…
Tories set to launch Ogreave inquiry 32 years after the battle
An inquiry into the Battle of Orgreave, which took place at the height of the miners’ strike, could…
Careless talk costs votes: a split would destroy Labour, so let’s not discuss it
Please, don’t go. Whether long-standing centrist members and Labour MPs, battle weary after 10 months of conflict and…
Thatcher wanted the ‘managed decline’ of Merseyside. I want to manage its renaissance
Back in the 1980s, Margaret Thatcher’s government came close to writing off Merseyside. There was a serious conversation…
Brown’s sweeping speech made a passionate case for the left to stay in the EU
The scare stories are not working. Millions of British people can already imagine a future outside the EU…
Campaign round-up: 10 days to go
It’s 10 days until voters go to the polls – here’s a quick look at how the elections…
Corbyn takes on Thatcher over homelessness in unearthed Commons footage
Jeremy Corbyn first became MP for Islington North at the 1983 General Election, when Margaret Thatcher was at…
The Tories are launching an attack on working people, the kind even Thatcher wouldn’t have dared
Yesterday the Tories brought forward their much debated Trade Union Bill. It is quite frankly an assault on…
Why it’s time the Labour Party elected a woman leader
If you’re reading this, the chances are you’re proud to be a member of the Labour Party. I…
