Labour’s civil war is set to get worse before it gets better
The vituperative tone of the debate and incredibly factional environment smacks of settling scores rather than learning lessons.
Read the Jewish Labour Movement’s submission on anti-semitism in their party
It contains 70 testimonies from current and former Labour staffers, and concludes that “the party is no longer a safe space for Jewish people”.
Exclusive: The Liberal Democrats’ untrue claims about a “Brexit brain drain” at British universities
Alarming statistics – reported this week in the national press and on high-profile social media accounts – about academics leaving the UK were bogus.
On the NHS, Corbyn has deployed his weapon of last resort with two weeks to go
When a Labour leader has exhausted their stock of coherent charges, they claim that the Tories are going to sell the Health Service.
An idea for McDonnell. Pledge £1 million to every voter in Britain.
Let him carry on what he’s started by exploding the financial framework Labour announced in only two days.
Six of the best Burgonisms
We present some of the Shadow Justice Secretary’s televised highlights to date.
The Labour manifesto: “incredible”/”simply not credible”, “fully costed”/not fully costed
Their manifesto doesn’t provide any costings for their most expensive plans. The IFS says their tax pledge is not believable. But will they get away with it?
Swinson’s ‘bicep-kissing’ strategy does not appear to be working
The Lib Dem leader’s approach has a logic to it, but it is risky. But instead of delivering a surge, her numbers are on the slide.
The abuse scandal revealed Watson as either fool or knave – either ought to mean the end of his career
“The Light of Lights looks always on the motive, not the deed; the Shadow of Shadows on the deed alone.”
The Left uses far worse language about the Tories than Johnson would ever use about the Benn Act
The Prime Minister’s opponents are entirely within their rights to condemn his choice of words, but not to the useful lie that he’s breaking new ground.
Corbyn’s speech showed his fear of losing his anti-establishment street cred
Class war was the tried and trusted theme. Yet the Labour leader has managed to come across as both weak and extreme.
Contempt for the Labour leader is no substitute for the hard work of showing why his policies are wrong
Corbyn has been wily enough not to plunge into the Brexit trap set for him by Johnson.
McDonnell’s promise of a four-day working week with no loss of pay is an attempt to defy economic gravity
The workers being promised fewer hours for the same money would also have to fund huge increases in the cost of public services.
“Nick” – and why no-one, even in the Labour Party, will trust Watson’s judgement again
It is not, repeat not, always right to “believe the victim” – precisely because, as in this case, the victim is sometimes not a victim at all.
The Corbynites follow Trumpian tactics to try to normalise the unacceptable
It seems they hope that if they can weather the antisemitism scandal long enough, it will simply be accepted as background noise.