Only losers make concession speeches
Yes: it is time to concede and move on. Inequality doesn’t matter, social democracy is finished, the Conservatives…
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Tony Blair to stand down as Middle East Quartet Special Envoy
Former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair will stand down as Special Envoy of the Middle East Quartet next…
Blairism is no solution to Labour’s identity crisis
The ‘Blairites’ are certainly right about the so-called 35% strategy. How one envies the SNP for whom every…
John Prescott announces he’s backing Burnham
In the coming weeks, leadership candidates aren’t just hoping to get endorsement from their fellow MPs, the four…
No more abstract nouns, we need to start talking about the real world
At rapid pace since Labour’s catastrophic defeat a fortnight ago, my inbox has been pinging with explanations about…
Dealing with the Tony Blair problem: Post-Blairism?
What most if not all of the post-election post-mortems implicitly highlight is the Labour party’s unhealthy relationship with…
On comfort zones and moving on
There are five stages of grief. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Just a week ago, we were…
We must “disagree without being disagreeable” to win again
In his last act as Labour leader, Ed Miliband bequeathed standards for the leadership election that will help…
Blair says Miliband was right to take on inequality – but Labour must return to the centre ground
As the post-mortem of Labour’s painful election defeat continues, Tony Blair has weighed in with an article in…
Brown and Darling are Labour’s most respected “grandees”, poll suggests
Earlier in the week, former Tory PM John Major made an intervention into the election campaign, advocating for…
