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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Labour voters split as public demands centre
Labour’s contest over the leadership and future direction of the party is highlighting that age-old split between what the party wants to achieve and what...
The Left hates Tony Blair, but to win another General Election it must copy him
At the start of this year the former British prime minister Tony Blair forecast the General Election would be one “in which a traditional left-wing party compet...
Russell Brand declares for Miliband and Labour
The comedian Russell Brand has been lambasted in the past for lacking solutions for the obvious sources of discontent he has made it his mission to point out (t...
Osborne’s budget lands on old Tory-Labour divisions
In the age of the Twittersphere it is easier than ever for political pundits to get carried away with the brouhaha of a good session in the Commons, especially ...