The Labour Party machinery has long been prone to imagining outcomes within the narrowest, safest, and statistically verifiable ranges of business as usual. No wonder it’s panicking over the ‘Corbyn surge’.
Anything other than a Jeremy Corbyn victory will signal a disaster for Labour, who will be tripping over themselves to superficially differentiate themselves from the Tories.
Labour needs to remember that a party going to the electorate saying ‘I promise I’ve changed’ risks the electorate simply replying ‘so what?’
The Labour leadership election reveals a party stuck in the past.
Labour's macroeconomic management during 1997-2010 is a matter for celebration rather than apology.
Labour's problems cannot be fixed by minor tweaks. They need to address the big questions.
Labour's new plans to reduce private profiteering in the NHS have triggered a vicious counter-attack in the Tory press. Labour must ignore them - and do more to convince campaigners of its intent to protect and restore the NHS.
Peter Geoghegen’s new book weaves together local stories and histories to provide subtle insights into Scotland’s political future.
The Labour party's capitulation on social security for the young is not an appropriate response to the modern world, but a dangerous step into the past.
UK Labour's right wing calls on the party to ignore populism when that means blaming bankers or rejecting austerity but accept it when that means scapegoating migrants. What the polls really teach is that Labour's road to power lies to its left.
Yesterday Miliband pledged a GP appointment for all within 48 hours, today Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham visits inner-city GP practices facing the axe.
