It’s fascinating how quickly so much can change in politics. Two years ago, Boris Johnson led the Conservatives to their best general election result since Margaret Thatcher’s landslide in 1987 and left a Labour opposition in tatters with just 202…
The result of the recent by-election in Chesham & Amersham has renewed speculation over a so-called “progressive alliance” – the idea that by co-operating, Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens can beat the Tories in an election. There are…
Today’s impending budget represents a litmus test for Keir Starmer. Decades of neoliberal orthodoxies have evaporated over a year, with a Conservative government using unprecedented powers of the state to safeguard health and economic well-being. The normal boundaries of political…
To those of us active in the Labour Party, internal battles are standard procedure. The goriest episode lasted from 1979-87, where the Tories governed for 18 years, aided by Labour spending the whole period in protracted and costly ideological trench…
Since they were emboldened by a large majority in the 2019 election, the Tories have made considerable pains to move the goalposts for what constitutes strong, patriotic nationhood in the UK, and have redefined the role of the state in…