Labour Party
The ancients would have thought Boris was deluded
The gloom that envelopes the Labour party stands in strong contrast to the confidence and hope that the Prime Minister…
Labour won’t win voters back by denigrating Britain’s past
They never learn, do they? Lisa Nandy, the dark horse candidate in the Labour leadership race, has demanded the word…
Portrait of the week: Prince Harry leaves, Jess Phillips drops out and Trump goes on trial
Home The Duke of Sussex left England to join his wife, Meghan, in Canada. This followed an agreement that stripped…
Does ‘equality’ mean the same to Rebecca Long-Bailey as it did to Plato?
The candidates battling for the leadership of the Labour party never stop banging on about ‘social justice’ and ‘equality’. But…
Why bother joining the Labour party?
Now that there is yet another chance to vote for a leader of the Labour party, if you are prepared…
The Labour candidates the Tories are worried about
When a Labour politician or aide stops to chat in the corridors of parliament these days, they only have one…
Labour’s failure isn’t necessarily the Tories’ success
A moment arrives when one does just have to admit defeat. We shall leave the European Union and there isn’t…
Politics has fractured along new fault lines – those elected must repair the cracks
It’s easy to see why the Labour party tried so hard to avoid this general election. They looked certain to…
Changing the script: the shifting character of our political parties
Elections should be carnivals of democracy. The campaign we have just been through, though, has felt more like amateur dramatics.…
This is the most important election in modern history – so vote, and vote Tory
Next week, voters will decide the future of the government, of Brexit, and perhaps of the Union. Jeremy Corbyn has…
What the Tories don’t understand about Corbyn voters
Until recently, the Tories seemed pretty confident about next week’s election. Despite spending three and a half years blundering over…
All belief systems must accept the danger of ridicule and contempt
In the ‘whataboutery’ which now dominates British politics, no mention of Labour anti-Semitism is complete without a counter-accusation of Tory…
I’ve finally found out the truth about my horse-riding nemesis
She was a trade union activist, she told me. She wanted a second referendum. Well, they all do. I’m starting…
Get ready for the Great Lammy Firewall
Many of you will be waiting, with much excitement, for the Great Lammy Firewall, which will be introduced by our…
Labour’s real 2019 manifesto
In 2019, Labour’s strategy is about delivering a fairer, more prosperous society, in adherence to our motto: for the zany,…
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’…
Boris’s fate will be decided by Lib Dem voters
The Tories’ great fear in this campaign is that they can get their vote out, squeeze the Brexit party right…
Will Leave voters forgive a Brexit delay?
‘It is definitely less than 50 per cent,’ says one Downing Street source when asked about the chances of a…
Paul Embery: Labour is too much Hampstead, not enough Hartlepool
Arrived in Remain-on-sea (also known as Brighton) for Labour party conference. As an old-fashioned trade unionist hailing from a working-class…
Why Tom Watson is battling to change Labour’s Brexit policy
Why has Tom Watson given a speech about what his party leadership should do on Brexit? The party’s deputy leader…
Labour will not endorse Remain in a general election
Very important breaking news. Which is that trade unions, in their TULO meeting with Jeremy Corbyn, have tonight endorsed the…
Labour’s losing its old heartlands. Backing Remain could make things worse
A moderate, halfway-competent Labour party could crush the Tories. But given that Labour members are Corbynite in inclination, what are…
Corbyn isn’t working – and Labour is being picked apart by its new enemies
Protestors on the anti-Brexit marches have sensed an eerie absence. ‘What is it?’ I thought back in March as I…
’I know it when I see it’ – anti-Semitism for dummies
Some people might argue that Deborah Lipstadt has given us the book we desperately need from the author best equipped…
Women should boycott David Hare’s slanderous new play: I’m Not Running reviewed
Sir David Hare’s weird new play sets out to chronicle the history of the Labour movement from 1996 to the…
