Good Friday Agreement: How Labour can build on its proud record today
The Good Friday Agreement (GFA) of 1998 was one of the great achievements of international diplomacy; a realisation…
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“I thought the war was wrong”: Parmjit Dhanda on his decision to rebel on Iraq
This piece was originally published on LabourList in March 2013 to mark the ten-year anniversary of the vote…
Lessons for a Labour landslide in the Conservative catastrophe of 1997
In nature, landslides are caused by disturbances in stability. Whether through the heavy rains of the cost-of-living crisis…
30 years ago today, Betty Boothroyd was elected House of Commons Speaker
Today marks thirty years since Betty Boothroyd was elected the first female Speaker of the House of Commons…
“He deserves the honour”: Keir Starmer welcomes knighthood for Tony Blair
Keir Starmer has welcomed the knighthood of former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair, saying he “deserves the honour”…
Doctor Who under fire from Tory MP as Blair urges Labour to reject ‘wokeism’
Conservative MP Nick Fletcher has appeared to blame Chris Chibnall and Jodie Whittaker for men committing crime. I’m not inclined to leap…
20 years after 9/11, Labour must improve its thinking on foreign policy
Tony Blair took to the stage at the Labour Party conference on October 2nd 2001 and outlined his…
Starmer cannot win over voters with legalese – he must appeal to emotion
“New Labour, new Britain.” In his closing speech to the 1994 Labour Party conference in Blackpool, Tony Blair…
The Ostrich tendency in the Labour leadership
Labour did not have a good set of May 6th elections, though there were positive results, especially in…
People want change, and it is the historic role of the Labour Party to deliver it
Tony Blair is right. Without a total change Labour will die. The problem is, the political tradition Blair…
