Labour
Green scare: Labour should stop chasing the eco vote
Should the Labour party be worried about the Greens? Some Labour activists think so. The Greens have just become the…
Keir Starmer is Labour’s last hope
Only a few months ago, Keir Starmer was hailed as a prime minister in waiting who was giving Boris Johnson serious…
Do Tories know the truth about Boris Johnson?
Exactly 40 years ago tomorrow, four Labour party grandees issued the Limehouse Declaration, signalling ‘the re-emergence of social democracy in…
Has Brexit already destroyed Labour’s chances?
Part of the soap opera appeal of politics comes from the idea that it is a competitive sport based on…
Keir Starmer should purge Labour of the far-left
Sir Keir Starmer was having such a good year. He broke cover early on to attack the government’s handling of…
Keir Starmer should welcome a Labour party split
‘A split party will be doomed to defeat,’ says Len McCluskey, with a hint of threat. The left of Labour…
Angry Burnham takes on No. 10
Keir Starmer has made life difficult for Boris Johnson this week with his demand for a circuit-breaker lockdown. But the…
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…
How No. 10 outsmarted Alastair Campbell
LBC broadcaster Iain Dale has moved his Edinburgh Festival ‘All Talk’ series to Zoom, and yesterday he spoke to Alastair…
Keir Starmer would be wise to avoid a Lib Dem alliance
The myth that is developing goes like this: Labour can’t win enough seats to form a majority government at the…
Labour’s wealth tax proposal is deeply flawed
Will Labour ever stop pushing for punitive taxation? Not content with gifting the Conservatives an 80 seat majority in December,…
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…
Labour’s path to victory lies in destroying the Lib Dems
It has become a truism that there are not enough liberal voters to get Labour a majority at the next…
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…
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…
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…
Lisa Nandy is the best of a bad bunch
If Labour had chosen Liz Kendall instead of Jeremy Corbyn in 2015, she’d be prime minister by now. She was…
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…
Letters: Cats are clearly right-wing
Enemies on the left Sir: James Forsyth’s article ‘Labour must change to win’ (25 January) describes how little appetite the…
Keir Starmer makes it onto the Labour leadership ballot: who else will join him?
Keir Starmer has made it through to the final round of the Labour leadership contest, having secured the backing of…
Portrait of the week: Harry and Meghan quit, America avoids war and the Labour leadership race begins
Home The Queen agreed to ‘a period of transition’ during which the Duke and Duchess of Sussex would spend time…
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…
Inside the Labour leadership campaigns: who is running the show?
Now that the second phase of the Labour leadership contest is underway, the five candidates are finalising their campaign teams.…
Labour leadership contest: the state of the race so far
The candidates to replace Jeremy Corbyn have been busily launching their campaigns and giving political interviews this weekend, with the…
