The end result of a discourse dominated by online abuse is an environment where political opponents are no longer seen...
Christabel Cooper Articles
No one voted to be poorer
Labour must fight for membership of the single market and customs union for the sake of the majority of Britons who do...
After Grenfell
We owe it to the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire to ensure we live up to our obligations to those in social...
Labour must offer a ‘better Brexit’
Build a winning coalition of Remain and Leave voters is possible if Labour displays the competence to deliver a better...
Philip Hammond’s deficit denial
With a hard Brexit looming, the government is keen to forget all about the deficit – it is Labour's job to make sure...
Theresa May: The Enigmatic Prime Minister
Rosa Prince’s uncritical biography does little to uncover the real prime minister, finds Christabel Cooper ‘The...
Preventing a disastrous Brexit
Labour must accept the result of the referendum, but it does not have to accept Theresa May's warped version of...
Hard Brexit is not in the Labour interest
Labour does not need to support a hard Brexit in order to recast itself as a nation-building party, argues Christabel...
Defending diversity
If there is any philosophy underpinning Donald Trump’s assorted ramblings, it is the idea imported from his...
In defence of pollsters
Social liberals and anyone on the progressive side of politics were not the only people to have a terrible night on...
Parking trouble
Many Labour supporters found Theresa May’s keynote speech to the Tory conference disheartening for (at least) two...
There is no mandate for hard Brexit
I remember the morning of 23 June very well. I remember leaving home to run a committee room in west London in a state...