Labour’s class of ’45 remembered
In March 1976, Harold Wilson shocked the world by announcing his resignation as Prime Minister. In an address…
Tony Benn
Three key challenges faced by Labour’s new leadership
Factionalism has bedevilled Labour since its creation. Repeatedly papered over, factional splits between the left and right within…
Exclusive: Burgon proposes ‘Tony Benn University of Political Education’
Deputy leadership hopeful Richard Burgon wants to set up a ‘Tony Benn University of Political Education’, LabourList can…
John McDonnell: Neoliberalism has failed – Labour’s ideas are the new mainstream
Labour’s second State of the Economy conference returns to Imperial College in London this weekend. It confirms that…
Lessons from Harold Wilson – Labour’s forgotten leader
Harold Wilson is Labour’s most successful leader. This has long since been forgotten, but the House of Lords…
Luke Akehurst: We have nothing to lose – this is how we can beat Momentum
We may well have reached “peak Momentum”. These are the most favourable political circumstances Labour’s hard left could…
Corbyn is dropping the dogma and modernising Labour’s left to help it win
Two years on from the election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party, the nature of…
We talked of unions, Tony Benn and campaigns around the world – Corbyn tribute to Rodney Bickerstaffe
This is the full tribute published by Jeremy Corbyn following the death of former Unison and NUPE general…
Neil Findlay: I will greatly miss my fearless friend Tam Dalyell – and history will show he was right on so many occasions
I was speaking at a miners’ justice meeting in Edinburgh when they news came through of Tam Dalyell’s…
Labour has enough to worry about next year – a plot to deselect Hilary Benn would be petty and pointless
I am “a Benn, not a Bennite”, Hilary famously declared when he fought the by-election that brought him…
