Comment ‘Mor-gone but not forgotten’ Morgan McSweeney resigned on Sunday afternoon. By that point, his going felt like an inevitability. Exclusive polling conducted for us by… Emma Burnell 9th February, 2026, 11:55 am
News Third of Labour members want Starmer to resign over Mandelson scandal – poll A third of Labour members want to see Keir Starmer resign as Prime Minister over the Mandelson scandal,… Daniel Green 7th February, 2026, 10:30 pm
News ‘Barking was like the Red Wall’: Margaret Hodge on the lessons for fighting Reform from beating the BNP 15 years ago today On an otherwise disappointing night 15 years ago, Labour activists celebrated in east London as the British National… Daniel Green 7th May, 2025, 5:00 am
News Steve Reed says any Heathrow expansion would see ‘proper consultation’, and defends past vote against third runway Environment secretary Steve Reed has said any revived Heathrow airport expansion plan would be accompanied by a “proper… Luke O'Reilly & Tom Belger 25th January, 2025, 6:25 pm
Comment ‘Why Labour Together is wrong to back Australia-style immigration targets’ The influence of the Labour Together think-tank on the Starmer project cannot be overstated. Starmer’s current Chief of… Nathan Phillips 18th December, 2024, 6:00 am
Columnist ‘Trump’s Labour row is faux outrage. It won’t hurt UK-US relations if he wins’ I’m not usually inclined to be too positive about the Trump Presidential election campaign. But I can only… Ed Owen 24th October, 2024, 12:55 pm
Book review ‘Taken As Red’: An insightful and thorough account of Labour’s election victory The race to get the first book out on Starmer’s Labour party and its election triumph has been… Morgan Jones 12th October, 2024, 6:00 am
Comment ‘Ridley, McSweeney, McDonagh and the rise of the organiser class’ Margaret McDonagh, general secretary of the Labour Party between 1998 and 2001, died of brain cancer in June… Morgan Jones 10th October, 2024, 5:00 am
Columnist Saturday Conference diary: downing pints and raising points in the sweaty Pullman Change begins Labour’s clans gathered on Saturday for the start of Labour party conference. The glossy brochure may… Paul Richards 22nd September, 2024, 9:06 am
Comment ‘For clues about Starmerism, look no further than Barking and Dagenham’ Those trying to read the runes of a Labour government may be drawn to manifestos, TV debates and… Ben Glover 11th June, 2024, 6:22 pm