election 2016 Articles

In terms of expectation management there was a clear winner in the 2016 local elections: the Labour party. Faced with predictions of 150 losses in council seats, to come out with fewer than 20 encouraged many of us to breathe a sigh of relief that things could have...

I want to begin by saying thank you to Richard and the many Progress members who campaigned in Scotland during the election, particularly the people who joined Richard and other Progress staff on the three seats challenge in April. I’m not going to pretend that the...

What do the local elections mean for Labour? What are the consequences for Jeremy Corbyn or David Cameron? Can we predict the result in 2020? People always get elections the wrong way around. They think they are about political parties and politicians, and this is how...

Last Thursday voters in Wales gave Labour a clear mandate to form another government in Cardiff Bay. We always knew this would be a tough election, but our strong local campaigns and our inclusive message meant that we kept all but one of our seats to remain by far...