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In the final six months before 2010’s general election, something strange happened. Amid the global recession, the Labour government had intervened heroically to keep the economy afloat, spending whatever was necessary to stabilise the banks and to maintain consumer...

Three ways Jeremy Corbyn's National Education Service fails on its own terms and lets the Tories off the hook Yesterday Jeremy Corbyn launched his National Education Service policy. Three things spring to mind. First, this is not even a rehash of the policy of the...

Two years ago, in the build-up to the country’s presidential elections, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke of creating a ‘New Turkey’, founded upon a new constitution. He promised to strengthen democracy, resolve the Kurdish issue and work towards ensuring Turkey’s accession...

As a Labour councillor in Conservative-run Bexley, I know the damage the lack of real leadership is doing to our reputation and electability in the areas we seek to represent. Areas desperately need a Labour council, a Labour government, areas that have voted for...