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Comment: A progressive ‘in’ campaign is the first step to rebuilding Labour
We must resist the urge to navel gaze for too long
Toby Young’s spurious claim that the BBC’s election coverage had a left-wing bias
The columnist will only be happy when we stop worrying and love the Tories
Cutting support for deaf workers and increasing the Bedroom Tax: welcome back, Iain Duncan Smith
IFS analysis sets out what welfare users can expect now the Tories are back in – and it’s not good
Comment: Is it fair the Greens have one seat when proportionally they deserve 24?
There is no reason not to use a fairer electoral system other than the self-interest of big parties
Michael Gove supported the death penalty. Now he’s minister for justice
The Tory minister wrote in 1998 that it was wrong to abolish hanging
Comment: The myopic group-think of the left helped bring down Labour
Until the left gets over who people are and begins to engage with what they are saying it won’t deserve power
Comment: Labour should steer clear of suicide by Blairism
Instead the times call for intelligent and cohesive radicalism
Labour leadership: We need a bold leap to the future and a decisive break with the past
The 2020 election will be fundamentally different to this one
Five ways Labour got it badly wrong
It’s important to be brutally honest about Labour’s lacklustre campaign
The alarm bells should be ringing for Welsh Labour
With elections to the Welsh Assembly due next year, the red lights should be flashing for Labour