Time to refresh fraternity – but sentimentality won’t save Labour
Jonathan Rutherford, as so often, puts his finger firmly on the Labour dilemma: What does Labour stand for…
Working Class
What does Labour stand for when it is no longer the party of the working class?
Despite the claims to radicalism of Labour’s new leadership it is avoiding the one big question confronting it…
Jim McMahon: Labour’s respectable radical?
Labour owes Jim McMahon a big debt of gratitude. After weeks of dreadful coverage the success in Oldham…
These three hard truths are the key to Labour winning again
Though it pains me to say, the 2015 election results were a landmark. They prove definitively, once and…
We need more working class people in our party at every level
For the right reasons the Labour Party has worked to improve gender balance and ethnic diversity amongst its…
As he prepares to leave Parliament, we should all remember David Hamilton’s story
When I first heard that Labour MP David Hamilton was standing down after 14 years as MP for…
Ed Miliband is losing his base – does he know how to get it back?
Just a few years ago, when Labour’s was at peak popularity in the polls and a confident Ed…
Telling people to get better jobs is not an answer to the low pay crisis
I spoke to a woman recently who can’t afford to pay her rent anymore. She works, but lately…
I don’t want to be socially mobile, ta
Social Mobility. It’s one of those phrases that we bandy about, that we have filed under ‘Good Things’.…
A chance to end Labour’s hypocrisy on working class representation?
Practice what you preach. It’s not a bad a principle and it’s one that Labour could do with…
