Labour Party
Labour’s failure and Lady Colin Campbell’s popularity point to one thing: the politics of envy has failed
Last week I put £25 on Lady C to win I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here. At 25/1,…
Jeremy Corbyn isn’t anti-war. He’s just anti-West
Ignore their deceptive flannel – the far left aren’t against violence. They’re just against the West
Harriet Harman’s diary: the joys of being a ‘former’
One of my constituents has been in an Indonesian prison since May. Journalist Rebecca Prosser was arrested with her colleague…
The answer for sensible moderate Labour folk? Leave
What a useless shower the Labour party is right now. What a snivelling dance of fools. And I don’t just…
If he’s lucky, Jeremy Corbyn might be as good on defence as Nero
Chief of the Defence Staff Sir Nicholas Houghton is worried that Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will never use the existing…
The Corbynites have only ever cared about foreign politics - they have no idea about Britain
Before they can talk to the wider electorate, Labour MPs must win a life-or-death argument with their core supporters
Corbyn's purge of the Oxbridge set
Labour was once the clever party. Under Jeremy Corbyn, its front bench is purged of Oxbridge intellectuals
Jeremy Corbyn and Pericles: spot the difference
Whatever else one can say about Jeremy Corbyn, one thing is clear: he is a leader who does not believe…
The Tories are still anxious to reach out. And that’s a very good sign
Post-election party conferences usually follow a standard pattern. The winning party slaps itself on the back while the losers fret…
Perfectionism isn’t the same as integrity – as VW has shown
Not that I was much of a boy racer, but the sexiest car I ever owned was a 1982 Volkswagen…
Why Cicero would have liked shadow health secretary Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander, Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow health secretary, has emphasised how important it is ‘to weave into [Labour’s] language, our narrative…
Jeremy Corbyn isn’t like Caligula’s horse – he’s like Caligula
Jeremy Corbyn has been compared to plenty of people over the past few months — a geography teacher, Michael Foot,…
Just what Tom Watson needs: a Bananarama tribute band
Available for parties Labour deputy leader Tom Watson said that leaving his party to join the Liberal Democrats would be…
What Tiberius could teach Jeremy Corbyn about democracy
The virtuous Mr Corbyn is insisting that New Old Labour should return to its traditional republican ways and take decisions…
Will anyone fight, fight and fight again to save what’s left of New Labour?
Five years ago this Saturday, Ed Miliband was crowned Labour leader. Three days later, he had to deliver his first…
How God could save Jeremy Corbyn
If Labour’s atheist leader could show he was at peace with religion, it would go a long way to making his job more secure
Chris Mullin’s diary: Murdoch’s men couldn’t face even a fictional Corbyn victory
With four days to go until the result of Labour’s leadership election, a call from the Sunday Times. Would I…
How many party leaders get nearly 60% in their membership vote? More than you’d think
It’s their party Jeremy Corbyn won the Labour leadership contest with 60% of the vote among four candidates in the…
Charles Moore’s Notes: what the Labour party needs is a parliamentary representation committee
When the Labour party began, its purpose was the representation of labour (i.e. workers) in the House of Commons. Indeed,…
‘Perhaps we needed to tip the whole thing over’: Jon Cruddas on Jeremy Corbyn's Labour
Jon Cruddas is still looking for ways to renew his party.They’re unlikely to please his new leader
A lesson in graceful Twitter style – from a resigning shadow minister
‘Tweeting’s like text messaging, isn’t it?’ said my husband confidently, though not, as usual, from any knowledge of the matter.…
Tom Watson’s strange journey from Brownite hit man to Labour’s last peacemaker
Last week I was talking to a member of the shadow cabinet about Jeremy Corbyn’s impending victory as Labour leader.…
Why would Jeremy Corbyn want to be credible when he can be incredible?
In a wonderfully dry manual of theology on my husband’s bookshelves, written in Latin and printed in Naples in the…
Tristram Hunt’s diary: The rainy glories of Devon – and a cold political climate
‘Devon, Devon, Devon/ Where it rains six days out of seven.’ Nothing beats a British seaside holiday. And north Devon…
Jeremy Corbyn and what a real plebeian revolt looks like
Last week, guru Corbyn was invited to reflect on the 2,500-year-old Roman origins of the republicanism to which he is…
