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Filling the vacuum

Labour’s right has been devoid of ideas for years and now needs to come up with a new philosophy, writes Philip Collins

The two main political tribes are never more characteristically different than when they have just lost a general election....

Lessons from the campaign trail

Labour’s positive election campaign needs to be a stepping stone to a win next time, says Olivia Bailey
I  learned a  lot  during my  time  as  the  Labour party candidate in Reading West. I went through two pairs of shoes, accidentally...

A final push

Labour won this campaign – but its task at the next election will be a complicated one, as Lewis Baston explains
One should not slip into thinking that Labour ‘won’ the 2017 election. The Conservatives were still ahead on votes and...

Politics in the platform age

The election marked a turning point and a radical Labour victory is now within grasp, argues Jeremy Gilbert

What made the extraordinary and unexpected result of the 2017 election possible? Several popular explanations have been widely circulated. The first attributes the result...

Where next for the people's party?

Having worked in the West Midlands regional office during the general election campaign, Lord Roy Kennedy reflects on Labour's electoral successes and how the party can build on these in the months and years to come.
Harold Wilson famously told us...

The two great environmental issues

Air quality and climate change are the two great environmental issues of modern times, but a desire to protect and enhance our environment from the left of political thought spans centuries and predates the Labour party itself (see Robert Owen...

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