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Matthew Parris

Labour’s campaign was fine. It’s the party that Britain rejected

Blair succeeded not just because of his policies but because he didn’t look like a Labour leader. We’ve not elected a proper one since Wilson

13 June 2015

9:00 AM

13 June 2015

9:00 AM

Patrick Wintour is one of the best political editors around. For the Guardian he’s been for decades a cool and well-sourced voice: even-handed, informed, interesting but in the best sense dry. So when I heard he’d written the most comprehensive behind-the-scenes account yet of Labour’s failed general election campaign I hurried to read it.

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