Jeremy Corbyn
One damned thing after another: Britain’s crisis-ridden century so far
The Iraq war, the financial crisis, Brexit and Covid have seen many prime ministers blown off course. Will Keir Starmer be any luckier than his predecessors?
Could Jeremy Corbyn become a left-wing Nigel Farage?
Why can’t Jeremy Corbyn be a left-wing Farage? Why can’t he threaten Labour as Ukip and its successor parties threatened…
Will Keir Starmer ever learn to loosen up?
The Labour leader comes across as compassionate and hard-working, but so ill at ease in front of the cameras that even his close friends fail to recognise him
Corbyn’s plan to cause trouble for Sir Keir
Earlier this summer, a hundred or so Londoners gathered around a solar-powered stage truck at Highbury Fields to celebrate 40…
Did Jeremy Corbyn win the general election?
Almost five years ago to the day, Amber Rudd had her finest hour in politics. Standing in for the frit…
Putin must look at the West and laugh
Whatever the West’s response to Russia’s attack on Ukraine’s sovereignty, the crisis demonstrates the limitations of western politics and policy…
Rishi in, Keir out: 2020's most popular baby names
Once the popularity of politicians was judged by how many babies they were asked to kiss – now it’s by…
Labour lefties show their solidarity
Once the British left fought for civil rights, social justice and the brotherhood of man. But now such high principles…
Kicking out the cranks won't save Labour
There is a problem with Sir Keir Starmer’s reported plan to expel 1,000 Labour members associated with ‘poisonous’ groups, and…
Why is a Jewish lecturer being investigated for mocking Corbyn?
It’s a tale worthy of Kafka. Dr Pete Newbon, a lecturer in humanities at Northumbria University, is being investigated by…
The world's unluckiest anti-racist: Corbyn's greatest hits
Rallies for Palestine were held across the country this weekend which meant of course a starring role for one Jeremy…
A politician's guide to non-denial denials
Michael Gove was deployed to the Commons on Monday afternoon to answers questions on the ministerial code, an hour-long appearance…
Momentum's cunning plan would keep the Tories in power forever
Momentum, the Labour campaign group dedicated to keeping Corbynism alive, this week demanded that Keir Starmer commit to introducing a…
The myth of ‘progressive’ thinking
Too much weight is put on the idea of ‘progress’
The real test for Starmer will come post-Covid
Labour is gearing up for its first big Commons clash since returning from recess this afternoon, with shadow education secretary…
Why Keir Starmer no longer needs to fear the left of his party
John McDonnell, Corbyn’s right hand man for four and a half years, was full of praise when asked about the…
Does ‘swathe’ rhyme with ‘bathe’ or ‘moth’?
At Glastonbury in 2017 ‘a whole swathe of young people had a political awakening’, chanting ‘Oh, Jeremy Corbyn’, said the…
What would a Keir Starmer Labour party look like?
What would a Keir Starmer Labour party look like?
Bernie Sanders is The Corbynizer
This article is in The Spectator’s March 2020 US edition. Subscribe here. Historians of the future, if there are any, will note…
Labour’s radicals need to grow up
As the well-worn cliché has it: if you’re not a socialist at 16, you don’t have a heart; if you’re…
Is Labour heading for another Kinnock moment?
‘You end in the grotesque chaos of a Labour council – a Labour council – hiring taxis to scuttle round…
Corbyn’s problem was not that the media hated him – but that he hated the media
On the morning of the election, we buried my lovely mum. I write this 24 hours later, now on a…
Listen: Labour MP claims BBC ‘consciously’ undermined Corbyn
The last few days have seen a rapidly coarsening Labour debate over who is ultimately responsible for the party’s historic…
The battle for the soul of the Labour party
In the days before the election, senior Labour people were already discussing how to replace Jeremy Corbyn should the party…
Can Labour’s moderates learn from all their mistakes?
Labour’s defeat is so terrible that it provides the kind of creative destruction that could save the party. It will…
