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…
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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…
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…
From Corbyn to Smith to the Milibands – where candidates past and present really sit on the big issues
The political earthquake we are living through has barely begun: expect more shocks through the summer and autumn.…
Labour MPs must not curb my right to vote for Eagle or Smith – members deserve to choose between two challengers
I am a member of the Labour party and a supporter of virtually any member of the…
Forget the empty slogans – Out campaigners already finding the reality of Brexit is losing control
The biggest lie told by the Leave campaign was the slogan itself, “Take Back Control”. It may have…
There will be no triumphalism from the anti-war protesters proved right by Chilcot
The Iraq War was not about hard decisions; it was about bad decisions. The Chilcot Inquiry has clarified…
Blair: it would have been “far better” to challenge reports of WMDs in Iraq
Tony Blair has said he should have challenged intelligence reports Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction in the run-up…
Diane Abbott: In the court of public opinion, Blair stands condemned by Chilcot
As the damning findings finally emerge from the Chilcot report, my mind turns to the mothers of the…
“Would you have taken the risk of leaving Saddam in place?” – Blair says he would make same decision again
Tony Blair has expressed “regret” for the consequences of the decision to invade Iraq in 2003, but says…
