‘First past the post makes UK politics conservative and alienates voters’
The first step to fixing our democracy is to acknowledge that we have a problem. There’s now broad…
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Why we’re in the US to campaign for Democratic success at the mid-terms
Ten years ago this week, I joined a group of UK Labour activists campaigning for the Democrats in…
The Tories are split over Brexit – Labour must unite around fighting the incompetence of May’s ministers
On the same day that Sir Keir Starmer was made shadow Brexit Secretary, the EU imposed tariffs –…
Obama issue White House invite to Jo Cox’s family head of refugee summit
The family of late Labour MP Jo Cox will meet Barack Obama at the White House today on…
Mandelson: Brexit campaign has slumped to a “UKIP-lite” argument
Lord Mandelson has accused the Leave campaign of “hoisting the white flag” over its campaign after failing to…
Obama urges Britons to vote to stay in the EU
Barack Obama has urged voters to support membership of the European Union as he invoked the shared sacrifices of…
Not even Obama is safe from the spiteful wrath of the increasingly desperate eurosceptics
The question is leading. The franchise is too great. The timing is wrong. Unpurdah is unfair. The Yes…
The USA and UK are about to fall straight into the ISIS trap
Just a few months ago, it was common for many analysts to be dismissive of ISIS because of…
US Tory adviser boasts about wages boom in America as British wages hit slowest growth on record
Jim Messina, the former Obama adviser hired by the Conservatives to help run their election campaign next year,…
Stephanie Cutter to give the first LabourList Christmas Lecture
In British politics there’s a bit of an obsession with the way campaigns are run in the US…
