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Yesterday the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was re-elected to his post. He has been in power for a year now. He was intact, in power all summer. And today he stood in the pulpit and pulled back from the speech he needed to give. Instead he…
The leading Blairite pressure group Progress has issued a rallying cry on the eve of Labour conference in which it calls on centrists to "stay and fight" for their beliefs in the party. It published a message of defiance in which it quoted…
Labour People needs you. Over the summer, I joined Labour People: an organisation founded on the principle that Labour’s people are its greatest strength. If there’s ever a time we need to remind ourselves of that principle, it’s now…
The director of Progress has stepped up divisions with rival group Momentum by accusing the group of being “a party waiting to leave a party”. Richard Angell has written that the pro-Corbyn organisation’s methods are set up to “asset-strip”…
Labour donor Lord Sainsbury also gave more than £2m to the Liberal Democrats, it has emerged. The former science minister, who served under Tony Blair, said both gifts were part of his attempt to ensure Britain remained in the EU. The…
Labour's Corbynsceptics will come together in a series of events in the run-up to annual conference in Liverpool next month. Billed as "moderate meet-ups", the eight sessions across the country will see supporters of Progress and Labour…
A late surge in nominations for the Momentum-backed slate has put left wingers in a strong position for NEC positions as Labour members begin voting. Throughout months of nominations from Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs), the left wing…
The British public's decision to pull out of the European Union has shaken our politics and the economy. In turn the implications on our public services will catch up. And they are likely to be huge. Mark Carney’s injection of £250bn into…
There are just over two weeks left in the nomination process for Labour NEC candidates and, despite all the signs telling us that Jeremy Corbyn is more popular than ever with members, the two slates remain neck-and-neck. The party has been…
I thought I would try this week to give an honest assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of my own wing of the party and the challenges it will face in order to come back from the epic defeat it suffered at Jeremy Corbyn’s hands last…
Despite Jeremy Corbyn’s surprising appearance at the Progress annual conference on Saturday, unity is proving difficult to achieve in the Labour Party. Why is this, in a party that, whilst it is famous for factional schisms and personal…
Jeremy Corbyn today praised the tradition of "inclusivity" in the Labour Party, as he addressed Progress conference - widely seen as an effort to extend an olive branch across the party. In an unexpected move, Corbyn made the keynote…
