Labour’s identity crisis – caught between Blairism and Blue Labour
The problem most tribes in the Labour Party have is that they rarely get to fully define themselves.…
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‘No racist is going to make me feel I don’t belong’: Shabana Mahmood on resilience, faith and public service
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has opened up about the importance of her faith in coming to politics –…
Ten moments at Labour conference that changed the party
From standing ovations to standing rows, Labour’s annual conference has always been more than a diary date. Across…
‘Tony Blair is wrong on net zero, and wrong on what voters think about it’
The Tony Blair Institute’s latest climate paper, The Climate Paradox, rightly acknowledges a significant truth – the climate…
Artificial intelligence: ‘If progressives don’t harness AI, the populist right will’
Is Reform taking on Labour or the Tories? Commentators who have been fiercely speculating on this question will…
Shades of Blair, Bond, McSweeney: 5 things the Plan for Change tells us
Many of the metrics unveiled in Keir Starmer’s Plan for Change had been briefed to the media in…
Former Blair chief of staff Jonathan Powell appointed as Starmer’s National Security Adviser
Jonathan Powell, the former chief of staff to Tony Blair, has been announced as Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s…
‘They don’t always get what they wish for: A history of how Labour elects its leaders – and when reform goes wrong’
We are now in the season before conference, when ideas are floated to test support before delegates gather.…
Jonathan Reynolds: Labour not ‘harking back to any era’ as Alexander and Smith return and Blair speaks out
The Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has said Labour is not “harking back to any era”, after…
Tony Blair calls for Keir Starmer to be tough on immigration, crime and ‘wokeism’
Tony Blair has called for “a plan” for immigration control, tougher action on crime and for the new…
