Labour’s leftwing revolt: What Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership bid means for the party
Standing opposite Downing Street on the evening after the Queen’s Speech, Jeremy Corbyn, the leftist Labour MP for Islington North, thanked the small crow...
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The next five years will give the Left much to rally around – but will they stop bickering?
For no party has the General Election been sadder than for the Liberal Democrats. Their crumbling from 56 to 8 seats (which may be reduced to 7 if Scottish MP A...
Ukip’s Douglas Carswell rescued by police amid anti-austerity ‘fascist’ heckles
What might well have been forgotten as an uneventful protest after the triumphant Conservative Queen’s Speech will now be noted for an unpleasant confront...
Why the Tories are repealing the Human Rights Act, and why it’s a shoddy idea
Of all the Conservatives’ designs for the first hundred days of this parliament, none has caused more furore than the planned repealing of the Human Right...
There is no principled reason to support votes for 16-year-olds
There is something a bit weird about a 16-year-old that is interested in politics. In fact that’s true of most age groups. However near you are to GodR...