How Vox Pub foresaw the Tory victory in England, but failed to predict defeat in Scotland

In vino veritas: talking to voters in pubs usually works. We saw how four of these five contests could be expected to play out.

Vox pub: In Remain-leaning London, Johnson’s cause endures, and Umunna has found no passport to Pimlico

One drinker stood up for Labour and called the Prime Minister a liar. But during several hours of talk, nobody sprang to Corbyn’s defence.

Chuka Umunna, “the unions’ representative in Parliament”, hits choppy waters

By Mark WallaceFollow Mark on Twitter. I doubt today's Sun on Sunday was popular at Chuka Umunna's breakfast table. A leaked memo… Read more »

Labour’s Posh Boys (and Girls)

By Mark WallaceFollow Mark on Twitter. Back row: David Miliband, Ed Miliband, Ed Balls, Harriet Harman. Standing in middle: Hillary Benn, Chuka… Read more »

Lambeth Labour face further questions over taxpayer-funded propaganda

By Mark WallaceFollow Mark on Twitter. Lambeth Council – whose high taxes I have the misfortune of paying – have a long… Read more »

Labour’s growing civil war over candidate selection

Earlier in the week, I wrote about Len McCluskey's development of a "party within a party" of Unite MPs on… Read more »

As Osborne’s accent dives downmarket, Chuka Umunna moves upmarket. He slams “trash and C-list wannabes” on “exclusive” website

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. Oi, mate! Over in the blue corner, there's George Osborne with his newly-acquired glottal… Read more »