What Guido won’t tell you about Britain’s Chancellors
George Osborne is the most popular Conservative Chancellor ever. But he has not reached the heights of either Labour’s Denis Healey or Gordon Brown.
Labour party
Guardian buries Labour resurgence
Today’s ICM poll for the Guardian puts the Labour party on level terms with the Conservatives for the first time since October 2007. But as noted by UK Polling Report’s Anthony Wells, “the Guardian’s report concentrates upon the findings ontest
Labour’s shrinking C2 and DE vote
In his Fabian Essay, reported in this morning’s Guardian, Ed Miliband has written that the loss of less-affluent voters cost Labour the general election, and said that his rejection of “New Labour nostalgia” made him the modernising candidate in the leadership election.
Labour members and public disagree on election defeat
Labour members and public disagree on Labour’s election defeat. While the recession is common to both, the public put immigration & Gordon Brown ahead of other factors.
Labour no longer loves Mandy
In today’s YouGov Labour leadership survey, Lord Mandelson is the only Labour figure to have a negative net asset rating – a result, no doubt, of his memoirs being released.
London Mayoral race: “Battle for the soul of the Labour party”
Oona King and Ken Livingstone last night clashed on substantial ‘Old Labour’ v ‘New Labour’ territory.
Cruddas makes pitch for chair as he sets out Labour’s “journey of change”
Labour must put community, organisation and compassion at the heart of its policies if it is to prevent the Coalition from keeping the party out for the next decade, Jon Cruddas has said today.
McFadden: Labour must remain credible on the economy
Shadow business secretary Pat McFadden today made a speech to the Fabian society urging Labour not to retreat to default “opposition mode” in opposing all cuts.
Labour needs to serve people whether or not it’s in power
For me and I believe, many on the left, the defining concern is that we need to show that we want to serve people whether or not we are in power.
Leadership candidates need to debate the ‘poverty of ambition’ as well as inequality
Thousands of students are struggling to get into university, with demand far outstripping supply. Graduates are fighting tooth and nail for jobs and the chance to realise their aspirations – Labour must help them.