ALWYN TURNER looks at the career of the man once tipped to be Labour’s next leader. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Tony Benn
‘It was not a happy period’
Is it really deja vu all over again? Some quotes from the Labour Party in the early 1980s. Continue reading
Proud to be British
Jack Straw tries to save the left from itself. Continue reading
Proud to be British
What made Tony Benn say, ‘I have never been so proud to be British’? Continue reading
Style matters
PAUL SAFFER suspects the slickness of this year’s Conservative Party conference will speak louder than any words actually uttered there. Continue reading
‘Lashing out like a dying crocodile’: A press portrait of John McDonnell
ALWYN TURNER profiles Jeremy Corbyn’s chief ally, the shadow chancellor. Continue reading
Innies or outies?
With the Liberal Democrats massing (ahem) in Bournemouth for their autumn conference, DAN ATKINSON wonders whether they’ve lost the taste for power. Continue reading
Off the shelf: ‘The Ballot’
Having trouble coming down after the Labour leadership election? DAN ATKINSON recommends a political thriller from 1979. Continue reading
Cor blimey!
Jeremy Corbyn is the leader of the Labour Party. Has a new day dawned for British socialism? Continue reading
Who’s to blame for Corbynmania?
The Labour Party has sinned in thought, word and deed, says SAM HARRISON. Now it’s ready for some old-time religion. Continue reading
