Kevin Peel Articles

Devolution is the buzzword of the day in the Conservative party and also in the Labour ranks (though some leadership contenders were late converters), but last week we saw just how shallow its meaning really is. Several months ago, 93 borough, city and county councils...

David Cameron has now laid out his plan to reform the European Union – or, rather, to weaken Britain’s role in the union to please his own backbenchers. What Labour must now do is lead, not follow, laying out an alternative programme of reform and build the case for...

We lost and we lost badly and the debate has already started to determine the future direction of the party. I welcome it because we certainly did not have one last time and we cannot win again until we actually realise why we lost. I have been reading a lot of the...

With the Tories dancing to the United Kingdom Independence party’s tune and the Liberal Democrats losing deposits in virtually every by-election of this parliament, only Labour can make the bold, progressive case for Britain's future at the heart of Europe – and we...