Comment 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… Dan Tomlinson 9th April, 2023, 8:00 am
Comment “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… Parmjit Dhanda 20th March, 2023, 6:41 pm
Comment 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… Ben Twomey 24th August, 2022, 4:16 pm
Comment 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… Natasa Pantelic 27th April, 2022, 9:08 am
Video “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”… Sienna Rodgers 4th January, 2022, 9:18 am
Daily email 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… Sienna Rodgers 26th November, 2021, 11:00 am
Comment 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… Peter Apps 28th August, 2021, 11:00 am
Comment 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… Andy Rimmer 24th June, 2021, 4:10 pm
Comment 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… Trevor Fisher 15th May, 2021, 10:00 am
Comment 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… Gaya Sriskanthan 13th May, 2021, 3:00 pm