Labour must hear cry of the referendum if it is to win back its lost working class vote
On June 24 last year, the day after the EU referendum, I suddenly found myself, along with many…
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Labour won Tory seats with a stirring campaign – but danger lurks in the detail of both parties’ spending plans
General election 2017 (seats won compared with 2015): Conservatives: 318 (-13) Labour: 262 (+30) SNP: 35 (-21) Lib…
Ian Lavery: From Grenfell Tower to Brexit, the PM has shown she is not up to the job
Theresa May is finished. After her chaotic and incompetent snap election campaign ended in a disastrous result for…
Corbyn completes spectacular turnaround to post three point lead over Tories
Labour has raced ahead of the Tories in a spectacular new poll. Jeremy Corbyn’s party scored a three…
“The pakoras we ate together tasted of solidarity and spice” – one activist’s polling day diary from a key marginal
On June 8 at 11.30pm I arrived home after a day of campaigning. I started to say hello…
EU talks will last a decade but there is no mandate for Brexit – so let’s abandon it
They voted to leave, not to be ejected. They voted for control, not for chaos. They voted for…
How the generational gap has overtaken class when people decide how to vote
For decades it has been believed that social class was the key determinant behind the outcome of a…
Abbott: I have diabetes but now I am ready to get back to work
Diane Abbott has hit out at the “most vicious general election campaign” in British history after the Tories…
Ian Murray: Humbled Tories must shelve the rhetoric of a “hard Brexit”
If it’s true that the more effort and ingenuity you put into gambling, the more you get out,…
Polly Billington: One more heave? Taking the 64 seats to put Labour back in power
Let me join the queue for a huge wodge of humble pie. I didn’t think this was possible:…
