Labour Party
Diane Abbott gets grief (and get well wishes) from Labour MPs
2 February 2017
According to members of her team, Diane Abbott will be back raring to go in the Commons next week...
David Herdson: Labour should ditch Jeremy Corbyn - but not over Brexit
2 February 2017
The warnings were there. The revolution might have finally eaten itself. Corbyn has...
Jeremy Corbyn says Labour will back snap election despite poll woes
23 December 2016
Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed that Labour MPs would vote with the Conservatives and support Theresa...
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Playwright Anders Lustgarten on neoliberalism, Jeremy Corbyn and more
11 November 2016
Anders Lustgarten has an enviable reservoir of energy. The playwright travelled down from an early...
Paul Weller and The Farm on the bill for pro-Corbyn gigs
10 October 2016
Rock legend Paul Weller and 90s Liverpudlian band The Farm are among the artists to have signed up...
Ayesha Hazarika: My Labour conference diary
30 September 2016
My journey to labour conference always involves packing trauma. I am the world’s worst packer and...
Labour moderates: Why we will stay away from the shadow cabinet
28 September 2016
In his speech to the Labour conference, veteran Labour MP Paul Flynn lamented that "we’ve got some...
Jeremy Corbyn’s landslide re-election – breakdown of the results
24 September 2016
Jeremy Corbyn has an even bigger mandate to lead Labour than previously, having received 61.8% of...
Abi Wilkinson: A plea to both sides of the Corbyn divide
23 September 2016
There’s a scene in Peep Show I’ve been thinking about quite a lot recently. A disagreement on a...
Labour MPs’ fury over Corbyn campaign's ‘ridiculous' hit list
15 September 2016
Relations between Jeremy Corbyn and some of his MPs have plunged to yet another new low....
Politics professors pen 'essential accessory' for political anoraks
19 August 2016
Political anoraks can rejoice. The "essential accessory" is said to be on the way - in...
John McDonnell lashes out: Owen Smith policies have September ‘sell by date’
11 August 2016
A key ally of Jeremy Corbyn has stepped up the personal attacks on Owen Smith by claiming that he...
Ayesha Hazarika: Owen Smith needs to be Labour's Heineken leader
5 August 2016
As the Labour leadership contest heats up, the spirits of most members who want to see change are...
John McDonnell makes friendly overtures as his boss sets out 'transformational' agenda
4 August 2016
He has a reputation as the aggressive, menacing power behind Jeremy Corbyn’s throne ...
Just how bad could it get if Jeremy Corbyn cannot hold Labour together?
3 August 2016
Troubling new polling shows the damage that could be done if the Labour Party splits following a...
Owen Smith sees sliver of a chance in Labour leadership sampling
2 August 2016
Owen Smith launched a new vision for workers’ rights today with a spring in his step...
The under-30 club: Life in the Commons for Britain's youngest MPs
29 July 2016
Some 13 aspiring politicians entered the House of Commons last year under the age of 30....
When Labour MPs lash out: three extraordinary outbursts in one week
22 July 2016
A Labour frontbencher has accused Jeremy Corbyn of trying to use his father to "bully"...
Gordon Brown and John McDonnell put differences aside for Brexit scrap
16 June 2016
Former adversaries Gordon Brown and John McDonnell today joined forces as Labour steps up it...
Keir Starmer: We cannot allow politics to become a truth-free zone
9 June 2016
It must be galling for an opposition frontbencher to look across the chamber at a government...
Abi Wilkinson: I was rooting for Corbyn, but he has let me down
2 June 2016
Any hope I once held about Jeremy Corbyn's ability to steer the party in a more positive direction...
Labour PPCs speak out: it was the middle class (campaigners) wot lost it
23 May 2016
Labour party campaigners in the 2015 general election often came across as middle-class tourists...
Setback for Labour plotters as poll suggests Jeremy Corbyn can't be ousted
17 May 2016
A new poll of Labour members has blunted the knifes of plotters seeking to remove Jeremy Corbyn...
Book review: Taking it on the chin
13 May 2016
I first met Lord Pendry through our shared love of boxing – which he was taught at school by a...