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Parliament Articles

No utopia

Business realism must find new and resonant voice amid Brexit delusions, writes Jonathan Todd Both the libertarian right and the Bennite left see their utopias through the kaleidoscope of Britain’s exit from the European Union. They cannot both be right. The damage to...

What would Jeremy do?

Being in the minority does not mean you are wrong, but that your time may come again If there is one lesson from the extraordinary rise of Jeremy Corbyn, it is not that we progressives should bend before his altar in the name of unity; it is the exact opposite....

The nightmare scenario

‘English Votes for English Laws’ has always been seen within Labour ranks as a cynical, partisan Tory ploy. In origin it was, of course: one part of a gerrymanderer’s charter that includes boundary changes, individual electoral registration and extending the overseas...

How to Be a Parliamentary Researcher

As a staffer for a member of parliament, how do you organise a parliamentary office or write a speech to be delivered in the chamber? Who do you call when you are flying solo and have managed to lose 50 constituents somewhere between Westminster Hall and the tea room?...