Livingstone: Venezuela has problems because “Chávez did not execute the establishment elite”

The former Mayor of London appears to live by Lenin’s dictum that “A revolution without firing squads is a waste of time”.

The Corbynites have mistaken Tory failure for Labour success, and are set on a new purge

An interview with a key ally of the Labour leader reveals the scale of their over-confidence, and their intention to purify their party.

Will Corbyn and his colleagues ever apologise for backing the Venezuelan regime?

There is a Labour tradition of defending brutal dictatorships.

Yes, the world really is better than ever. But why do the left refuse to accept that fact?

The wonderful reality of human progress continues to contradict the miserablist rhetoric of the modern left.

Would Barry Gardiner eat an American chlorine-washed chicken?

OK, it’s a silly question, but it applies no less to Liam Fox’s shadow than to the Trade Secretary himself.

Corbyn’s idle promises on student debt come back to bite Labour

That the Opposition are willing to risk alienating key supporters even whilst preparing for an early election shows how dangerous they think this policy is.

Exclusive: Yet another Momentum branch backs deselection of non-Corbynite MPs

A branch at the heart of Labour’s marginal seats campaign approvingly quotes Ken Loach’s call to drive out dissenting MPs.

Momentum struggles to tell the truth about its wish to push Labour MPs out of the Party

In response to our story, the group misled on what was said, who said it, when they said it, who they said it about, the reporting of it, and their views.

Momentum’s hounding of Berger is a test for anti-Corbynite MPs

Will they keep their heads down as their colleagues are picked off by the hard left?

Slaughter slaughtered. Corbyn sacks him – and two other frontbenchers for joining a 50 Labour MP-strong anti-Brexit revolt

The Labour leader continues to oppose the Government’s line on Brexit while supporting it in the essentials.

Queen’s Speech. Corbyn whips Labour MPs against Single Market membership – and begins sacking front-bench rebels

You wouldn’t guess from his opposition to everything that the Government says and does over Brexit that the Opposition’s position is actually much the same.

Don’t be fooled by McDonnell’s latter-day conversion to peaceful protest

In 2011 the now-Shadow Chancellor praised a mob attack on Conservative headquarters. That is a much better reflection of his true nature.

Loudspeaker politicised reactions to tragedies must not be allowed to drown out democracy

Justified calls for a national government’s overthrow are usually confined to those in which there is a serious threat of tyranny or the breakdown of civil order.

Anti-Corbyn Labour MPs – they haven’t gone away, but what do they do now?

Victory poses his internal opponents with a painful dilemma, and a lot may hinge on how they resolve it.

Abbott’s Arithmetic 6) Wishful thinking on Corporation Tax

The Opposition want to raise it to double the level of our nearest neighbour whilst simultaneously making our labour market much more restrictive and expensive. During Brexit.