Labour Party
How to cope with unsold tickets and empty halls: my advice to Owen Jones
My heart goes out to Owen Jones. The left-wing journalist is one of the headliners at a Labour party fund-raiser…
The origins of Labour’s racism
Another word which has gained a new meaning in the present decade, along with ‘vulnerable’ and ‘diverse’: survivor. Once it…
Women come last in Labour’s deranged victim hierarchy
I wonder if we are about to see a mass resignation of women from Labour, furious at the party’s collapse…
Jeremy Corbyn’s takeover is complete – and the Tories are terrified
For Jeremy Corbyn and his allies, there has been no far-left takeover of the Labour party or its governing National…
‘I’ll eat you alive’ - Angela Rayner interview
The shadow education minister on how teenage motherhood shaped her politics
Order, order! In the Commons, you are where you sit
Parliament-watchers discern plenty about your political leanings from where you park your posterior
‘The first 100 days will be radical’ – John McDonnell on the Corbyn coup and its consequences
John McDonnell looks exhausted, slumped in his parliamentary office chair. Nobody said the revolution would be easy. Do he and…
Meet Emma Dent Coad, Kensington’s class warrior
Emma Dent Coad’s first half-year in Parliament has been dramatic enough for a whole career
Would your finances survive Corbygeddon?
How to ready your assets in time for a Corbyn government
Gordon Brown’s memoirs show he is good at blowing his own trumpet – but nothing else
Gordon Brown has pitched his memoirs as the honest confessions of a decent man. He failed to win the one…
Half the length of Blade Runner 2049 and 676 times as entertaining: The Party reviewed
Sally Potter’s The Party, which unfolds in real time during a politician’s soirée to celebrate her promotion, is just 71…
The Tories are giving Jeremy Corbyn a clear run at No 10
Paralysed by Brexit divisions, the Tories risk handing Britain to the hard left
Is this Britain’s bossiest village?
‘What do you think it means?’ I asked the builder boyfriend as we stood in front of the sign. A…
Jeremy Corbyn represents change – and for many, that’s enough
He represents change, and that’s enough
Labour’s Game of Thrones
The power play to decide who eventually succeeds Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader will be complicated and ruthless. Who will win the battle for the party’s Iron Throne?
All hail Comrade Corbyn – I recognise greatness when I see it
Comrades. I’m going to tell you why I think Jeremy Corbyn is the right person to lead this country. First…
This is the worst Tory election campaign ever
I am trying to remember if there was ever a worse Conservative election campaign than this current dog’s breakfast —…
Does Donald Trump have dementia?
On the heels of the Today programme’s invitation to discuss ‘cultural appropriation’ (again), the New York Times reported the disheartening…
Who’s to blame for Jeremy Corbyn? Step forward, Tony Blair
Alastair Campbell once famously punched the Guardian’s Michael White in the face. A commendable thing to do, undoubtedly, as Mr…
‘Our children are horrified’: on the campaign doorstep in Wrexham
Meet the lifelong Labour voters who are turning to the Tories
Whether you look at leaders or voters, Labour is now the stupidest party
John Stuart Mill is usually credited as the person who first called the Conservatives ‘the stupid party’, but that isn’t…
Theresa May has both luck and skill on her side in this election campaign
Normally, the first anniversary of a prime minister taking office is the occasion for a lot of opinion polls and…
Diane’s grey matter and Labour’s sticky votes
I awoke the other morning to hear Diane Abbott’s brains leaking out of her ears and all over the carpet…
Never mind the general election – Corbynism isn’t going away
General elections are meant to produce a government and an opposition — ideally, a decent version of both. It is…
Jeremy Corbyn banks on his holiday promise
Home Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader, cheered the United Kingdom by promising four new bank holidays for the whole country…
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