Jeremy Corbyn needs to get out in Labour gain territories if he is serious about winning the general election,...
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Michael Foot Articles
Another wake-up call
The Copeland byelection was a rejection of Jeremy Corbyn’s politics The February byelection results are so bad it is...
The Corbynite ideology
Brexit reveals the Labour leader’s longstanding worldview as a paradox of open borders and a closed shop economy,...
The centre-left must own the future or become a thing of the past
During his ill-starred attempt to become Labour leader in 2010, David Miliband fired several warning shots to Labour’s...
Rallies do not win general elections
I understand Corbynmania because I was, for a while, a Corbynista, although, in 1981, we called ourselves Bennites....
The science of low expectations
A couple of years ago, scientists at University College, London discovered that low expectations are the key to...
Labour’s Brexit brigade should not rewrite history
One of the most famous ‘Eurosceptic’ speeches in the last century was delivered by Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell at...
Smell the coffee
Labour still needs a proper post-mortem In 1987, following an election when Labour won the campaign but lost the...
British Labour and Conservative Leaders
At the last five general elections the British public has voted in favour of a prime minister who offers centrism,...
Into the unknown
A chapter has closed. The era of New Labour is over. It is living history to some, but history nonetheless. A Next...
Could Labour have stopped Thatcher?
Labour must not leave the field to the Tories as it did in the 1980s The period from Margaret Thatcher’s victory in...
Apathy is not fixed by leaving the centre-ground
On 8 May 2015, 34 per cent of those entitled to vote did not bother to turn up to the polling station. As Labour faces...