I write this in the rosy afterglow of the local election results, but before the tempest in London and Glasgow. It is...
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Paul’s Week in Politics Articles
Yellow fever
There’s a breathless, somewhat desperate, tone to the Liberal Democrats’ website appealing for council candidates....
Which lessons to learn?
The lesson we need to learn from the Bradford West by-election, as our deputy leader told us this morning, is to learn...
Operation Dented Shield
When New Labour first began to plant its size nines all over the centre-ground of politics, you heard people...
Beyond ‘resolutionary socialism’
From that debate in 1988, prompted by a model resolution circulated by the Labour Coordinating Committee, came a...
Three rules for a successful shadow cabinet
I have some sympathy with Jack Straw's position that the system of electing the shadow cabinet is daft, but not with...
After Manchester, which way forward for Miliband?
Every word, smirk, and shake of the head would have been analysed for signs of disloyalty. Every speech and article...
Ten great tips for #Lab10
As John Prescott marks 50 years of party conferences, Paul Richards gives you his top ten tips, ranging from seeing...
TUC in tricky waters
Larry Lamb has a lot to answer for. As editor of the Sun, he branded the period of strikes and disputes in 1978 -79...
A test for the Labour family
The next leader of the Labour party has probably been elected. The majority of people who are going to cast their...
Labour’s journey: ‘Blairism’ and modernisation
Tony Blair's A Journey is now the fastest-selling autobiography ever, up there in the bestselling league with Dan...
We need to become more interesting than cats in bins
Mary Bale has captured the public imagination for her random act of cruelty to animals in a way that Jon Cruddas's...