The signals and the noise: the next election remains wide open
David Cameron is arguably in a worse position than Jesus was on the eve of the crucifixion. Christ…
Stefan Stern
Fortune is favouring Labour, again. It’s time to take advantage
Right, let’s get this straight. You can’t say “swamped”, but “under siege” is ok. “Swamped” should have been replaced…
Freud and the politics of cruelty
That story about the frog not noticing that the water it is sitting in is getting hotter and…
Conventional politics is stuck, stale and discredited
If politics is “show business for ugly people” it might be worth recalling the famous Hollywood dictum of…
Tell us the truth, Ed
Next Sunday I will be attending a memorial service for Geoffrey Goodman, who died a year ago at…
LabourList Contributing Editor nominated for major comment award
A few months ago we announced the expansion of our team. Conor Pope and Maya Goodfellow joined us…
Nostalgia: Britain’s (not so) secret weapon – and weakness
It was the gulp wot won it. That gulp you took when you heard or read this: “There…
Effing Tories and effing Labour…effing hell
In Scotland the nationalists have already won. That is not a prediction for Thursday’s referendum. Unless the No…
Why let facts spoil a Scottish independence party?
Democracy is a good thing, and self-determination is right. These principles lie at the heart of the Northern…
Who was Lady Warsi?
Alec Shelbrooke, the Conservative member of parliament for the West Yorkshire seat of Elmet and Rothwell – majority…
