Luke who’s talking Articles

It’s only three weeks since one set of local government elections but we need to start thinking now about how Labour can make the most of the opportunity presented by next May’s county council elections. This set of elections is the biggest chance Labour has for a...

One of the upsides of blogging is being able to indulge in compiling lists that wouldn't otherwise be published. So here's the change in the number of Labour councillors last Thursday, ranked by authority and divided into type of authority, and so London doesn't feel...

Labour’s moderates need to vote and campaign ‘for Ken – with no illusions!’ I am referring of course to the old Socialist Workers’ party slogan at elections: ‘vote Labour – with no illusions’. I think it would be fair to say Ken Livingstone and I come from...

The rise of UKIP to nine per cent and third place in the opinion polls ahead of the Lib Dems in the opinion polls for the first time this week took me by surprise. Like most people on the left I spend more time thinking about my own party’s problems and how to solve...