Analysis ‘Marginal gains’ In the UK we are now in a world of multi-party politics, but very little of the debate… Emma Burnell 13th April, 2026, 9:58 am
News Labour launch major attack ad campaign exposing Reform’s record A new Labour attack ad aims to expose Reform UK and Nigel Farage’s “naked attempts to hoodwink working… Daniel Green 1st April, 2026, 10:30 pm
Comment ‘MattGPT and Me’ As some of you may have seen, it has not been a good week for ReformUK’s failed Gorton… Andy Twelves 1st April, 2026, 12:01 am
Comment ‘Reform? They haven’t gone away’ Gorton and Denton was undoubtedly not our finest hour and, rightly, most hot-takes have focused on the Green… Mark Rusling & Jane Thomas 26th March, 2026, 6:00 am
Comment ‘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… Liam Byrne MP 25th March, 2026, 6:00 am
Comment ‘Labour won’t win back left defectors with squeeze messaging alone’ Joseph McNamara, a 77-year old man living in Gorton, told the Independent last week why he had switched… Matthew McGregor 5th March, 2026, 6:00 pm
Analysis A gory night for Labour So, let’s start with the good news – Reform UK does not have a new MP. Matt Goodwin… Emma Burnell 27th February, 2026, 10:03 am
Comment ‘Cutting Welsh university funding would be economic vandalism, not reform’ I have spent more than 15 years working in higher education in Wales. I served as an elected… Mahaboob Basha 14th February, 2026, 9:00 am
News Labour sees polling boost amid Reform slump in opinion polls Labour has seen a slight bump in opinion polls over the last few weeks, LabourList analysis can reveal.… Daniel Green 4th February, 2026, 6:00 am
Comment ‘Defecting to Reform follows the polls. Answering the great questions of our age follows the people’ When elected MPs defect to Reform UK, they’re making a political statement. But let’s be clear about what kind: they’re following the polls, not… Ryan Wain 27th January, 2026, 6:00 am