Ed Miliband suffered unlikely losses to the Tories in 2015, but could there be more to come under Jeremy Corbyn, asks...
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Labour party Articles
A woman’s place?
Thirty-eight years on, things have changed for the better – but not enough, argues Barbara Follett The idea that...
No silver lining
The Copeland and Stoke byelection results were historically bad for Labour, says Lewis Baston —The byelection results...
Labour must be calm, clever and kind
Progress organised a great public meeting in Stratford last week, where we had an open and frank conversation about...
The Last Word: On logic, loyalty and lying
Bright eyed optimists and seasoned hacks alike are now becoming weary of the chaos engulfing the Labour party, and...
An open letter to Ken Livingstone
Dear Ken, I was there at Edgware Road on July 7 2005 when Mohammad Sidique Khan detonated a bomb killing Laura Webb,...
Labour must not vacate the centre-ground
As the polling stations closed on 7 May I remember sitting down after a hard day campaigning to watch the exit polls...
We need fundamental change in our banking system
Last week, I had a conversation in the street with a self-employed landscape gardener. He asked me where I was from...
Appreciating Labour’s past is not the same as idolising it
‘Labour lost the last two elections because too many voters saw it as ‘Tory-lite’ and decided they might as well vote...
Compromising Corbyn
The new leader may compromise on policy, but he will not do so on party reform, writes Conor Pope The reappointment of...
Why I joined Progress: A confession
I vividly remember the morning of 2 May, 1997. I swung my laughing nine-month old Lucy in the air and sang along with...
The Last Word … Homer’s odyssey
In times of crisis, scholars through the ages have turned to the great figures of western civilisation for...