‘Three chords and a different truth: how ‘Strong Labour’ beats the populists’
Populists play their politics like country music: three chords and their truth. Patriotism and renewal. A grieving nostalgia…
Populism
WATCH NOW: LabourList interview with Dr Mbongiseni Buthelezi, Chief Executive of the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
LabourList international columnist Muddassar Ahmed interviews Dr Mbongiseni Buthelezi, chief executive of the Nelson Mandela Foundation. This…
‘Streeting’s right we must take on Farage – but wrong on how to do it’
Last week Wes Streeting was interviewed by Lewis Goodall at the Fabian Society Conference, and he had a…
‘Why Keir Starmer should embrace populism ahead of the next election’
According to Tom Baldwin, Keir Starmer’s biographer, the Labour Prime Minister, “likes to think decisions through and sometimes…
Four tests for Starmer
Keir Starmer has succeeded in convincing Labour members that the Jeremy Corbyn agenda they continue to support will…
Labour must say what we mean and mean what we say
For Labour supporters living in Birmingham, there was at least a bit of good news as the otherwise…
Corbynism is a populism within Labour – but Brexit risks its internal appeal
When we think of populism in recent years, we tend to think of the Ukips of the right…
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…
Jade Azim: Why do millennials like what Labour’s selling?
Millennials – usually graduates – living in big cities are both the most misunderstood and the most important…
Attacks on foreign aid show the worst form of populism, warns David Miliband
Donald Trump’s executive order banning refugees sent “a pernicious smoke signal” to the world about the risk to humanitarian values,…
