To rebuild trust among voters, Labour must unify behind Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer has made an excellent start in his first six months as Labour leader. The vast majority…
Red Wall
Labour must challenge the ‘Red Wall’ framing – or risk a ‘balancing the books’ trap
Under Ed Miliband, the Labour Party tied itself up in knots trying to sell social democratic policies to…
Labour needs trade unions, they need Labour and workers need both
The TUC held its Organise 2020 event last week, an online festival of ideas and workshops aimed at…
Starmer’s appointments send a message: the days of class war are over
The appointment of David Evans as Labour’s new general secretary is a huge win for Keir Starmer. A…
Anti-elitism? The irony of the Cummings story
Dominic Cummings has betrayed the very people in the North East who put their faith in his campaign…
Boris Johnson has abandoned the Red Wall – and launched a power grab from Whitehall
Don’t be taken in by the headlines. Three months ago, the Tories parked their tanks on Labour’s lawn,…
Labour must rediscover its working-class foundations in the North
A fire is burning. It’s the angry flame of the injustice that we feel about the way the…
5 things we’ve learnt from a report about ‘Blue Wall’ seats
Labour suffered its worst election defeat since the 1930s last year. The party lost a number of seats…
Beyond the red wall – we need to win back seats Labour lost in 2010
Forget the red wall. What I want to hear from the Labour leadership contenders is how they plan…
Warning from Essex: Labour can’t bank on working class voters returning to the fold
Essex is an odd starting point for 2019 election analysis. The Basildon bellwether is no more. The Tories…
