The Frontline of Kind Politics: Labour Conference 2017
This past week, like acid house in 1991, Corbynism officially graduated from niche, local parties to nationwide fever. Jeremy’s new politics of kindness…
Jeremy Corbyn
“Antisemitism”, JLM & Free Speech: The Issues That Won’t Go Away
On the surface Jeremy Corbyn’s rally leading up to the Labour Party conference and his closing leadership speech in Brighton were both resounding…
Labour Smells Another Election
The Labour Party’s members are out on the doorsteps as another General Election might be called sooner rather than later. That’s the feeling…
Will there be another General Election this year?
The short answer? No. I don’t believe there will be another General Election – this year anyway. After her horrific campaign, Theresa May…
Theresa May is too weak to lead: it’s time for her to resign
In her first major speech since she lost her majority at the Commons, Prime Minister Theresa May has insisted that her government remains…
MAY’S MISSING MANIFESTO: THE BLANK CHEQUE
Last night’s BBC Election 2017 debate was not the election changing event one might have hoped for. It was nonetheless revealing and insightful.…
Nowhere to hide for Theresa May
No sooner had PM Theresa May announced her decision to go to the country in a snap election predicated on a single issue…
Labour’s left need to wake up as the clock on Corbyn’s revolution is ticking
There’s a new saying in America these days: ‘protest is the new brunch’. It means that protest is the first stage of any…
Disabled people: marginalised, dehumanised & declared fit to work
This time next month, council tax bill increases that average five per cent will have arrived on the doormats of millions of people.…
How can Labour still claim it is the party of the working class?
In the latest stage of the identity crisis of Europe’s centre-left parties, Labour is losing touch with its working class heartlands. Disastrous polling …