Catherine Ashton Articles

The first thing to say about Labour's leadership election is that it takes a lot of guts to stand. You put yourself on the frontline and open yourself up to intense public scrutiny of everything you have done and everything you believe; and you are expected to present...

It’s good to see Ed taking a leaf out of Margaret Thatcher’s book. Going on the intellectual offensive was how – in 1986 – the Tory party turned the tables on Neil Kinnock the first time and overhauled Labour’s poll lead. A barrage of big speeches with big ideas at...

I always tried not to indulge in reshuffle speculation when in parliament, but essentially all those ministers who pompously announce that they are ‘just getting on with the day job’ and not thinking about the whiteboard and post-it notes in the corner of an office in...