‘Mainstream has galvanised individuals and groups across the party who are looking, not only for a change of political direction, but a shift in the party’s political culture. Both are much needed.’ ...
After Starmer: What Next?
The Labour leader’s resignation is a chance for the party to revive its fortunes and rescue the country from the far right, says WILL BROWN. Does Andy Burnham have what it takes?...
Labour in Crisis: The Moral Reckoning of the Starmer Leadership
Keir Starmer’s premiership is unravelling, not because of a single scandal or a momentary lapse of judgement, argues ERNIE JACQUES. This is the consequence of ‘a political project built on deception and enforced through accusation, intimidation and bullying’....
Labour in Government: Co-op Politics in the 21st Century
Labour came to power promising unprecedented support for the co-operative sector. Eighteen months on the prospect remains more a taunting hope than the driving force of social and economic change many had wished for. CHRIS OLEWICZ & STEVE THOMPSON chart the progress so far, but fear a genuine grasp of co-operation’s transformative potential is...
Changed Utterly: Trump, Putin & the New World Disorder
Arguing for welfare over warfare is naïve and out of date, says GARY KENT. We need urgently a European military superpower to protect us from whatever is coming our way, whether from east or west....
Labour in Government: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly of Reeves’ Second Budget
For JOHN CUNNISON disappointment with Labour budgets is ‘baked in’. He picks out his personal highs and lows from last week’s announcement. ...
How Labour Together Divided the Party
Keir Starmer came to power on the back of ‘a deliberate and calculated act of internal political sabotage’, according to a new book on the party think tank behind his leadership. It reveals, says ERNIE JACQUES, ‘a secretive, deceptive campaign to dismantle the Labour left and extinguish social democratic principles’....
Labour in Government: The Welfare Revolt
After a week of parliamentary rebellion and government chaos, ERNIE JACQUES assesses the outcome and impact of Labour’s ‘crazy’ welfare proposals....
Labour in Government: Joseph Rowntree & the Need for a Moral Crusade
Sick of waiting for free markets and trickle-down economics to make us all better off, ERNIE JACQUES looks for hope in the legacy of a northern factory owner and philanthropist whose social reforms inspired the welfare state. ...
Labour in Government: Why Slashing Aid is ‘a Strategic Error’
The prime minister’s decision to cut international development aid to pay for increased defence spending is not only short sighted, says WILLIAM BROWN, it trashes the party’s proud record....
Labour in Government: We Need Hope, Not Hardline Policies
MARY STRATFORD is baffled and angry at the increasingly worrying course being charted by our Labour government. We need a rethink, she says, before things become truly terrifying....
Labour’s Election & the Left
Labour’s landslide victory is cause for celebration but serious challenges lie ahead for the party, the government and UK politics, says WILL BROWN....