Michael Foot Articles

During his ill-starred attempt to become Labour leader in 2010, David Miliband fired several warning shots to Labour’s centre-left about the danger it was in. ‘Future’, he said somewhat whimsically, ‘is the most important word in politics. We must convince our fellow...

I understand Corbynmania because I was, for a while, a Corbynista, although, in 1981, we called ourselves Bennites. Young and politically naïve, brought up by centre-left parents, I could see the Tories had their tails up, Labour seemed to have lost its way with the...

A couple of years ago, scientists at University College, London discovered that low expectations are the key to happiness. At a personal level, this makes a lot of sense. However, no one would be impressed with a school or a hospital trust or a business which...

One of the most famous ‘Eurosceptic’ speeches in the last century was delivered by Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell at Labour’s annual conference in October 1962, where he declared that joining the then ‘European Community’ would ‘mean the end of Britain as an independent...