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Rich Durber Articles

Why CLP nominations might matter this time

On Monday the nominating stage of the Labour leadership race came to an end and we now know the overall shape of the race. Three people who have a realistic chance of becoming leader of the Labour party made it through. Jeremy Corbyn did also. I’m writing this prior...

Only by rejecting ‘lazy Labour’ can Labour win in 2020

This week the true scale of Labour’s task at the next election became clear when the Fabian Society published research showcasing which seats the party needs to win to form a majority in 2020. Even a cursory glance at this ‘target list’ makes for grim reading. Harlow,...

An SNP or Green vote is one for the Tories

The great American progressive lawyer Louis Brandeis wrote that, ‘in a democracy the most important office is the office of citizen’. This was, he explained, because democracy requires all individuals to look beyond their own narrow personal interest and consider the...

Mad Men And Bad Men: What happened when British politics met advertising

With the start of the short campaign drawing near, there could not be a better time to pick up Sam Delaney’s thoughtful, thorough and enjoyable look at the relationship between politics and advertising. Delaney sets out to answer a simple question: does political...