Starmer sends a double message by dismissing Long-Bailey
He signals a new toughness on antisemitism…and invites a favourable comparison with Johnson over Jenrick.
Keir Starmer: For all his “forensic brilliance”, the Labour leader’s chances at the next election are overhyped
His barrister credentials have impressed the media. But they will only take him so far in the future election.
Starmer – and how the Coronavirus is giving old-fashioned class politics a new lease of life
Johnson will be well aware of this – and will be more concerned about heading Labour’s leader off than by the restive Tory press.
Sturgeon, Wales, the shutdown row – and why a Four Nations policy is no substitute for a One Nation policy
The unique circumstances of the pandemic temporarily forged a common response, but cracks are already appearing and will only deepen.
The Corbynites may have handed Starmer a stick with which to beat them – the ICO
The leaked report undoubtedly poses serious difficulties, but it may also offer a chance to move decisively against the previous regime.
Starmer wants the Government to publish its exit strategy. Why shouldn’t he draw one up himself?
It’s not usually the Opposition’s job to do the Government’s thinking for it. But these are exceptional times. And Ministers need all the help they can get.
A new Leader of the Opposition: the results in full
It looks like a comprehensive rout for the hard left, with neither Long-Bailey nor Burgon getting close in their respective contests.
How the Left is exploiting the Coronavirus for political gain
Left-wing activists have suggested there will be “strikes” and “walkouts” if the Government doesn’t cave in to their demands.
Who watches the Watsons?
The former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party abused his parliamentary privileges. Holding the powerful to account means blocking his peerage.
The Left’s shameful history on eugenics
Some of those loudest in denouncing a young Downing Street adviser, seem unaware of the views of their intellectual heroes.
Jess Phillips, Masked Singer?
Her future is 1) Toil away on Labour’s front bench, or 2) Develop a manifesto from the backbenches. Or 3)…
Labour leadership contenders are lurching to the Left to placate Corbynistas
The dismay the electorate showed for them last is being ignored. That makes it much harder for whoever becomes the Leader of the Opposition to establish any credibility.
All the Labour leadership contenders have a credibility gap in their condemnations of anti-semitism
They knew that British Jews were frightened of the prospect of a Corbyn Government. They knew those fears were valid. Yet Phillips and Nandy carried on campaigning.
The Lib Dems are down, but not out
More important than the choice of new Leader, will be to decide what the Party stands for after Brexit.
Will Starmer prove to be the new Kinnock?
After the 1983 defeat, Labour’s electoral progress was slow. This time around the Party will face further decline without a bold change in direction.