Richard Angell Articles

My New Year's resolution is to stop the hard-left lowering the threshold to stand for Labour leader from 15 to five per cent 2016 was obviously a total disaster for those who want to see a Labour government in the not too distant future. Disappointing local election...

Jamie Reed leaving parliament I am personally extremely sad that Jamie Reed – and former author of this column – is leaving parliament in the near year but understand that he must put his family first. His new role people he might be able to get more done for the...

Theresa May gave the world a glimpse of what Brexit Britain, certainly under her lack of vision, would look like. Alone with no one to talk to at the latest European Union summit she looked awkward and in desperate need of friends. No longer the new kid on the block –...

The clash between the Trotskyists (Laura Murray's term) and the 'alt-Stalinist' (the Trotskyists' term) within Jeremy Corbyn's outrider group Momentum has come to an ugly head this week. Murray, in founder Jon Lansman's camp, has come out swinging for Jill Mountford...