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People want a reason to vote Labour; we just need to give them one

Something funny happened to me in the run-up to last week’s general election: my Vote Labour garden stake was stolen. The day after it went missing I received a ransom note saying it would be returned on 8 May or, in the words of an anonymous ultimatum, it would be...

Beyond the dented shield

In contrast to the national results the London borough of Brent has gone further to Labour with two incumbents, Tulip Siddiq and Barry Gardiner, increasing their seats’ majorities and Dawn Butler gaining a massive victory in Brent Central all this following Labour...

Ukipism north of the border

As we begin to unpick our defeat last Thursday, we must keep in mind Keynes’ famous maxim ‘When my information changes, I alter my conclusions.’ Luckily, such a process is already under way. A number of our rising stars have already put forward compelling arguments...

Gone – and back – in 60 seconds: time to show Farage the door once and for all

These are some of the things Nigel Farage, the yeah-but-no-but former/future/actual leader of Ukip (oh do keep up!) likes: Nigel likes a good piss-up, media attention (not media scrutiny, mind), bantering with sympathetic TV hostesses on Loose Women (‘Oh Nigel, you...