New Labour heavyweights join debate over party’s future
Tony Blair, Peter Mandelson and Alastair Campbell have all weighed in on the debate over Labour’s future direction…
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Labour has “turned the page backwards”, says David Miliband
David Miliband has critiqued Labour’s past five years in office, saying the party had “turned the page backwards.”…
We failed to defeat the Tories because the left has stopped understanding the public
When the exit-poll predictions came out on election night, now just a month ago, they felt like a…
Tony Blair appointed as chairperson of organisation that combats anti-Semitism
Tony Blair, former Labour Prime Minister, has been appointed as the chairperson of an organisation that combats anti-Semitism…
Only losers make concession speeches
Yes: it is time to concede and move on. Inequality doesn’t matter, social democracy is finished, the Conservatives…
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…
