From ‘Winning Here’ to the political wilderness: what happened to the Lib Dems?
A new book by the Lib Dems’ former election guru looks at the tricks that helped the party win in the past. But where now?
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Labour’s radical new Baroness: “The wealth of the City of London has been stolen from us”
Pauline Bryan also said Labour have “allowed our representatives to become distant, not just from the electorate but the party too.”
The six shifts Labour must make to win the next election and re-unite the country
“Labour will never win again unless we recognise patriotism as a progressive value.”
Open selections? There’s another democratic debate Labour members want to have
Calls are growing for Labour to look beyond its own structures and work out how to democratise the country as a whole.
EXCLUSIVE: John McDonnell on the financial crash and a ‘People’s Vote’ on Brexit
McDonnell says it’s ‘too late’ to lock up those who caused the crash – and discusses whether we need a ‘People’s Vote’ to stop Brexit wreaking economic harm.
We have a choice: business as usual, or breaking with neoliberalism. Pick a side #10YearsOn
Ordinary people across the world payed the price for the financial crisis. It cannot be allowed to happen again.
How the new Mexican president is restoring workers’ rights – and taking on corrupt unions
President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador is making some much-needed changes to Mexico’s broken employment laws, Unite’s Tony Burke reports.
An open letter to Sadiq Khan: It’s time to start supporting trade union battles at Uber
“The IWGB are trying to ensure a new generation of workers succeed, just like our fathers did before us.”
Game, set, match workers: History shows that when workers organise, we win #TUC150
“Everything we have today has been fought for by people just like us, who came together, and sometimes died for each other, to give us decency and dignity.”
Forgotten history: Women’s role in the minimum wage debates of the early 20thC #TUC150
Women were at the forefront of the ‘anti-sweating’ campaign and early minimum wage debates, writes Nan Sloane in a new history of the labour movement.