Labour Party
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…
Why the Tories are talking up Labour
Considering that their party is expected to win by a landslide, the Tory spin doctors sound unusually panicked. They are…
What I expect from Theresa May’s pointless election
A general election is called and in a matter of hours a neutral and unbiased BBC presenter has likened our…
I come to praise Red Ken, not to bury him
He’s wrong about Hitler and Zionism, but at least he refuses to play the cynical apology game
Theresa May names date to trigger Brexit under Article 50
Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, said that on 29 March she would send a letter to Donald Tusk, the…
The Labour party has turned into a political bed-blocker
Just as it seems that Labour has reached the bottom of the abyss, Jeremy Corbyn and his party somehow manage…
The lies we tell ourselves about the NHS
The language of the left is a truly transformative grammar, so I suppose Noam Chomsky would heartily approve. There are…
Theresa May can do whatever she wants. So what does she want?
It is the fate of all new prime ministers to be compared with their recent predecessors. Theresa May has already…
Everyone loves Sadiq Khan – except those who really know
London’s mayor rides high in the polls, but City Hall is less impressed
Greece is the word for Paul Mason and Labour
After years keeping his radical politics off the air, TV journalist Paul Mason aims to turn Corbyn’s Labour into a Syriza-style mass movement. By Alex Wickham
Theresa May's missing opposition
Oppositions don’t win elections — governments lose them. This has long been the Westminster wisdom. But the truth is that…
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