How Labour’s backbenchers could play a role in reviving the party – regardless of the identity of the leader
New Labour went into the 2010 election pretty exhausted, splintering, weighed down by the legacies of the failed…
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Denis MacShane: How Labour can square the circle on Brexit and immigration
I am spending too much of my life explaining to comrades in sister parties in other countries where…
Fabians: The five questions Labour must answer to be able to win again
The Labour Party has spent the last month celebrating unexpected success. And rightly so. The party started so…
Austerity, unity and a fast-track to the frontbench – five things we learned from Corbyn’s latest reshuffle
Jeremy Corbyn has appointed 20 shadow ministers – including six who resigned in various revolts against his leadership.…
Love it or loathe it, Progress is here to stay despite Sainsbury funding shock
It is the end of an era that will have Corbynistas dancing in the streets and Blairites staring…
Sudden focus on the DUP shows how Westminster politicians have neglected Northern Ireland for far too long
The result of the June 8 threw a Northern Irish party into the forefront of British politics – as…
Luke Akehurst: From Attlee to Blair – Labour’s most successful leaders and where Corbyn might fit in
I have been blogging for 11 years so there are certain key posts I can update as history…
How the generational gap has overtaken class when people decide how to vote
For decades it has been believed that social class was the key determinant behind the outcome of a…
Bean over Britain: Corbyn’s champion on Brexit, Blair and winning back Derby
In the Derby North seat which Chris Williamson held from 2010 to 2015, the fiercely pro-Corbyn candidate has…
My week trying to understand Corbyn’s biggest fans and toughest critics – and why it is time for us to come together
It’s a grey morning and a queue in my local coffee shop gives me time to scroll through…
