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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
