Luke Akehurst Articles

I am trying my best to get excited about David Cameron’s 'big speech' on Europe. Mainly I am failing. I can think of a number of questions facing the UK today which are worthy of a fuss and really fundamental for the future wellbeing of the country: How do we restore...

Last night we had the postscript to the ‘super Thursday’ elections, with three further parliamentary by-elections in Croydon North, Middlesbrough and Rotherham. Any or all of these could have been problematic for Labour and could not be taken for granted....

By Luke Akehurst ­—‘Super Thursday’ – the simultaneous elections last month for three MPs, 41 police and crime commissioners and the first elected mayor of Bristol – was an interesting, though quirky, test of Labour’s midterm standing. The three parliamentary...

As well as being a Labour party activist I work as director of We Believe in Israel, a grassroots campaign group. I therefore don’t pretend to be an unbiased observer of the conflict between Israel and Hamas. But I have studied the situation closely enough to...