Boris's partygate troubles mean a welcome dilemma for Starmer
The last time a Conservative government was in the midst of a crisis like partygate, Labour had a choice. Should it stick…
Will the real Keir Starmer stand up?
Keir Starmer begins 2022 looking like the best-placed Labour leader since the distant days of Tony Blair. That at least…
Keir Starmer and the agony of the Corbynistas
Carole Vincent briefly became the unexpected poster girl of Labour’s remaining Corbynites when she heckled Keir Starmer during his leader’s…
How Starmer can beat Boris
How should Keir Starmer deal with a problem like Boris Johnson? Despite the Prime Minister’s mistakes in the handling of…
Is it time for Keir Starmer to forget about uniting his party?
Campaigning to become Labour leader last year, Keir Starmer said Harold Wilson was his favourite party leader of the last…
Keir Starmer can’t afford to wait for the Tories to defeat themselves
‘We’re trapped between the two worlds,’ said a Labour worker during the last days of the party’s ill-fated Hartlepool by-election…
The return of Tory sleaze?
‘It’s the return of Tory sleaze’: so said Keir Starmer at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday. His was an assertion…
What Starmer can learn from Miliband's mug
Since becoming Labour leader, Keir Starmer has single-mindedly been trying to persuade red wall voters that Labour is ‘patriotic’, just like…
A warning from history for Keir Starmer
It is nearly a year since one of the Labour party’s worst ever election defeats; and just over six months…
Keir Starmer’s hardest task lies ahead
Keir Starmer’s first conference speech as Labour leader took place in exceptional circumstances. Thanks to Covid, there was no party…
Keir Starmer needs to find his own Guilty Men
This is a week of bittersweet anniversaries for the Labour party. It is now 72 years since Clement Attlee’s government…
The Labour left are purging themselves
Ever since Keir Starmer was elected leader in April a phoney peace has prevailed in the Labour party. While it…
Can Keir Starmer turn Labour into a credible party?
By most measures Keir Starmer has, politically speaking, won the war when it comes to Covid. Since becoming Labour leader…
Why is the Labour left so averse to Winston Churchill?
It has become a ritual almost as traditional as the Changing of the Guard. During a weekend of mostly peaceful…
Could Keir Starmer become a populist politician?
It has been a remarkable week. Boris Johnson’s refusal to sack Dominic Cummings for what the vast majority of Britons…
Coronavirus and the enduring myth of Britain's 'Dunkirk spirit'
World War Two remains, for a certain kind of Brit, a living and vital presence. The increasingly-distant memory of our Finest…
Boris Johnson should be wary of comparisons with Churchill
Despite his carefully-crafted bumbling image, Boris Johnson is anything but daft. When vying to replace the apparently rootless Tory moderniser…
How Keir Starmer's message was pitch perfect
It was not the acceptance speech he could have anticipated making when the campaign for the Labour leadership began many…
Corbyn’s leadership has been a success and a failure for Labour
When he was elected Labour leader on 12 September 2015 opinion was uniquely divided as to what impact Jeremy Corbyn would…
Blair failed to save Labour from itself, so how can anyone else?
Tony Blair is at it again. With Labour members currently pondering who should replace Jeremy Corbyn, the party’s most electorally…
Are all the Labour leadership candidates Corbynites now?
This week every contender for the Labour leadership and deputy leadership signed up to a series of pledges issued by…
Corbyn’s cult have learnt nothing from the left’s last election wipeout
I initially misread the reaction of Labour’s leading Corbynites and social media outriders to the party’s most cataclysmic defeat since…
Will Brexit save Corbynism?
In the immediate aftermath of an election, its meaning is established. Once this is fixed, it is almost impossible to…
When it comes to trust, our party leaders could learn from Tony Blair
According to a YouGov poll 45 per cent of Britons believe today’s party leaders are worse than any of their…
Jeremy Corbyn is a pale imitation of Clement Attlee
To excited cheers, Angela Rayner last week promised Labour supporters that a Jeremy Corbyn-led government ‘would knock the socks off’…
