McDonnell’s new spinner wants voters to learn all about the time Livingstone sacked him for messing up London’s finances
He might need to read up on his new boss’s record a little more closely.
Labour blast ID checks as “discriminatory”, then require them at their own festival
The Opposition also won’t trust 16- and 17-year-olds to attend unless “accompanied by an adult guardian”, but simultaneously wants to give them the vote.
The finely-balanced votes on the Withdrawal Bill amendments come down to how many Labour MPs will abstain
With the Bill expected to return in the week of 11th June, the Government is weighing up which amendments must be fought and which could be defeated.
Labour’s strategy of deliberate ambiguity threatens to hobble its policy development
Their solution to the unpopularity of Corbyn’s views is to avoid providing detail. But how can they debate and develop with new ideas while remaining tight-lipped?
Cabinet Minister to ConHome: “I am not convinced of a Customs Union majority” in the Commons
“I think we can burn off a few of ours plus get a few Labour votes and, equally important, absentions”, this site is told.
Might some Labour MPs oppose a customs union? If so, are the Tory whips making contact with them?
Those representing working class seats in the Midlands and North will be nervous of any suggestion that they’re betraying the referendum result.
Javid has committed a sin for which the Left will never forgive him: success
The new Home Secretary dually offends the twisted illogic of identity politics, and many of Corbyn’s followers hate him for it.
Exclusive: Labour council candidate attacks #EnoughIsEnough protests as “Tories after jewish money” and not “real Jews”
Themba Msika, who fought a recent by-election for Labour, also claimed concerns about anti-semitism were “smears” intended to influence the local elections.
If there is a Commons vote on Syria, the willingness of Labour rebels to support action could make all the difference
In 2013, Conservative rebels joined with Labour to sink Cameron’s plan. Might the reverse happen five years later?
The nine most Barry Gardiner things that Barry Gardiner has ever done
If Barry Gardiner lasts for a thousand years, men will still say: “These were his finest hours”.
Exclusive: Labour Party BAME officer shares graphic equating Israel and Nazi Germany
Dorian Bartley, whose day job involves working alongside police to “reduce crime”, also shared conspiracy theories about terrorist attacks in the UK and US.
The Tories must keep up the pressure on Corbyn over anti-Semitism
The Labour leader is presiding over a culture which empowers and emboldens racists within his party and without.
Labour Party staff are brave enough to quit rather than serve Corbynism – why won’t ‘moderate’ Labour MPs do so?
Perhaps they were naive to stay on so long, but at least they had a logical red line and the guts to honour it. Meanwhile, the Parliamentary Labour Party is utterly cowed.
The Labour MPs breaking with Corbyn’s line on Russia
Not everybody on the Opposition benches seems to think that the Russians might have been set up.
Yet again, the best Labour can say in Corbyn’s defence is that he is Britain’s least observant person
Corbyn claims he failed to spot any sign of the anti-semitism which was allegedly rife in the Palestine Live group – though McDonnell has a different version of events.