Corbyn has demolished the firewall between his ‘personal views’ and antisemitism
The Labour leader’s newly-revealed comments have crossed a line. The question is what will Labour MPs – and voters – do about it?
Momentum has lost control of the monster it created – only Corbyn has the power to purge his movement of anti-semitism
Momentum’s leaders taught supporters to reject any criticism, and encouraged a siege mentality. Now they are under attack by their own grassroots.
Anti-semitism may be widespread, but it must never be allowed to become normal
The excuses have become dully predictable – we cannot allow this hatred itself to become a dully predictable party of everyday life, too.
The case of Margaret Hodge reveals a troubling double-standard as to what Labour finds unacceptable
After glacial progress in dealing with vile racists, Corbyn’s team seem remarkably swift to move against someone accused of criticising the leader.
Heathrow and CETA votes suggest Labour’s divisions are deepening, and discipline is breaking down
The Opposition Chief Whip is reported to have “physically intimidated” MPs, but was “ignored” nonetheless.
Labour’s red-on-red infighting over Brexit is intensifying
This week was meant to be all about Tory rebellions and blue-on-blue conflict. Instead, the Opposition’s civil war has intensified.
I went to LabourLive, and all I got was a £15 t-shirt (and free ice cream)
ConservativeHome’s Executive Editor reports on his day out at the unpopular celebration of all things Jeremy Corbyn.
A new play explores life after Brexit, when the old parties are swept aside and an irresistible popular movement is born
Michael McManus uses the theatre to explore the potential for an anti-immigrant party to break away not from the Tories, but from Labour.
Corbyn trolls his own pro-EU backbenchers over the EEA, while seeking to pick his battles on the Withdrawal Bill
The Opposition is still pursuing its strategy of deliberate ambiguity – while committing to a policy it knows to be “bollocks”.
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.