News “If we stay, if we fight”- Progress issues defiant message to members as Corbyn stands on brink of re-election The leading Blairite pressure group Progress has issued a rallying cry on the eve of Labour conference… Peter Edwards 22nd September, 2016, 3:35 pm
Comment Was Corbyn “an embarrassment” or did he carry himself “with dignity”? Your views on the final TV debate The final televised Labour leadership debate took place this week on Sky News. During the programme we asked for your… 17th September, 2016, 7:00 am
Comment “Labour has lost a million votes in a year” – Smith speech is final cry of defiance This is the full text of the speech given by Owen Smith at the Institution of Mechanical… Owen Smith 16th September, 2016, 1:37 pm
News John McDonnell and Alastair Campbell trade blows in TV row over New Labour John McDonnell and Alastair Campbell were embroiled in an angry exchange on television after the former spin doctor… Peter Edwards 16th September, 2016, 10:15 am
Comment After months of the candidates tackling each other, tonight was the moment the audience took on Labour Well, did you change your mind tonight? This face-off, late in the long hot summer of Labour leadership… Peter Edwards 14th September, 2016, 11:27 pm
Comment We are too ready to call each other Blairites or Corbynites – let’s remember what made us Labour, an ex-MP writes There has been a good deal written about whether the challenge to Jeremy Corbyn will peel off… Nick Palmer 6th September, 2016, 7:00 am
News Labour donor Lord Sainsbury also funded Lib Dems as part of EU campaign Labour donor Lord Sainsbury also gave more than £2m to the Liberal Democrats, it has emerged. The former… Peter Edwards 26th August, 2016, 9:18 am
Comment I will vote for Corbyn warts and all – but it is time to end the impasse and share power between the two wings of Labour I joined the Wembley South Young Socialists just before my 16th birthday in 1960. I had started… Robert Howard 11th August, 2016, 7:00 am
Comment Luke Akehurst: We had an election-winning “social movement” 20 years ago – it was called the Labour Party Twenty years ago I was part of what would now be called a “social movement”. It grew out… Luke Akehurst 2nd August, 2016, 9:47 am
Comment It is time to talk to the SNP about how we would make a minority Labour government work Labour’s showing in the 2016 elections was terrible, but not bad enough to precipitate a change of leadership and… Brian Barder 28th July, 2016, 1:07 pm