Waiting around for the government to collapse does not inspire confidence, but there is still a reason to have faith...
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A radical shift in education
A dark cloud looms over our schools – and Labour is well-placed to help them weather the storm, writes Jack May...
The Last Word: The moderate majority
2018 needs to be the year that those opposed to the degradation of political discourse assert themselves once more,...
Why is Labour not doing better?
Labour is backtracking on the coalition that meant 2017’s result was an unexpected improvement on 2015, not convincing...
Permanent revolution of the office door
Are Momentum's candidate contracts as short-lived as those in the Labour leader's office? Another dispatch from inside...
The French Exception
The biggest driver of Emmanuel Macron appears to be his own ambition – but that is not his shortcoming, writes Conor...
Last Word: Not the only villain
The Boris Johnson angle to the Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe case may have piqued domestic interest, but we should...
When They Go Low, We Go High
Great speeches are an essential tool of democracy, and a bulwark against base populism, argues Paul Richards On the...
The Last Word: Salmond’s cynical show
The former Scottish first minister's attempts to show his editorial independence at RT are a shameless ploy – but...
Solutions not slogans
Labour needs the right economic project In his conference speech in Brighton, Jeremy Corbyn stated that it is not...
The wrong battles
Progressive politics should be looking to the future, not trying to nationalise the private sector The Labour party...
The Last Word: Economic populism will not save the centre-left
Democratic revival against Donald Trump gives us an idea of the false choice the centre-left is being given in Britain...