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‘Woke Youth’ and ‘Traditional’ Labour Voters Are More Similar Than You May Think
Maheen Behrana explains how the new working class is heavily populated by young people in urban areas, paying extortionate rents and working in the gig economy
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Where The Axe Fell: The Impact of Austerity on Labour Areas
As we calculate Labour’s electoral losses, we need to look at the uneven impact of spending cuts over the last decade, says Sian Norris
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Labour’s Lost Heartlands: A Tale of Neglect, Decline, Rage and Revolt
Lauren White analyses why areas afflicted by poverty and deprivation have voted Conservative for the first time
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Labour Losses: Changing Demographics and the ‘Values Divide’
Keir Starmer’s mission is clear, even if his party’s execution has been lacking in this election campaign, argues Mike Buckley
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Boris Johnson is Bombproof, While Labour Runs Out of Second Chances
Keir Starmer’s side must reckon with the reasons why it lost to a party that has had 150,000 people die on its watch, says Sam Bright
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The Party Chasing Labour in the North of England
Sam Bright speaks to the founder of the Northern Independence Party about Hartlepool, Keir Starmer, and social media campaigning
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Is Starmer’s Labour Party Picking Sides on Islamophobia?
Stephen Delahunty reports on allegations that the Conservative Party is not alone in marginalizing Muslims
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Will Johnson’s ‘Major Sleaze’ Allegations Stick when Chumocracy is Already ‘Just the Way the World Works?’
Maheen Behrana doubts whether Keir Starmer’s new barb will resonate with the general public
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How Starmer’s Visit to Jesus House Reignited a Row Over Conversion Therapy
From a Nigerian church to so-called ‘therapeutic counselling’ in Northern Ireland and Christian Right charities linked to UK MPs, Sian Norris reports on the tactics of anti-LGBTIQ groups The apology by Labour leader Keir Starmer for visiting a church accused of holding anti-LGBTIQ views has reignited a row about conversion therapy – the process of…
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Labour in the Wilderness: The Party Must Reclaim Its Working-Class Roots
Thomas G Clark argues that Labour’s branding focus on winning back the ‘Red Wall’ shows how lost it is
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The Dangers of Disaster Apathy: Why Matt Hancock Should Resign
From crony contracts to Test and Trace turmoil, the Health and Social Care Secretary has been at the epicentre of Government incompetence during the Coronavirus pandemic, says Sam Bright
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Labour and the Unions Must Heal Their Rift, For the Good of those Suffering During the Pandemic
Tensions between Keir Starmer and certain unions are getting out of hand, says Shahed Ezaydi
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Starmer’s Strategic Silence on Brexit Is Not Enough
Mike Buckley argues that the Opposition must be able to provide a frank appraisal of the situation facing Brexit Britain and how the country can progress from its current state of crisis
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By Voting For Johnson’s Brexit Deal, Labour is Playing A Risky Game
Mike Buckley questions the strategy of the Opposition and its paradoxical claim that it can vote for the Government’s deal and scrutinise it – an approach that could cost it more votes
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What Can Labour Learn from the Biden Campaign?
Emma Burnell considers how compromise, moderation and a fundamental addressing of inequality could help Keir Starmer’s party get back into Government
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Despite its 80-Seat Majority, Boris Johnson’s Government is Rudderless
The Prime Minister has no guiding ethos other than self-aggrandisement, a fact that has plunged the Government and the country into disarray, argues Sam Bright
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Solidarity Forever? Len McCluskey’s War on Labour Electability
The Unite union’s decision to cut funding to the party led by Keir Starmer has come at a time when it is finally looking capable of winning power again, argues Sam Bright
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Political Manipulation has Made ‘Patriotism’ a Dirty Word
The Labour Party is attempting to recapture patriotism from closed-border populists – a move that should be welcomed not condemned, argues Eleanor Longman-Rood
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Boris Johnson’s Government is Silencing MPs, and the People We Represent
Geraint Davies MP explains why the Government’s decision to end online participation of MPs in Parliament is disenfranchising up to 15 million people and endangering democracy
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The Cummings Scandal: A Benchmark for Political Impunity
Three months after his breach of lockdown rules came to light, Hardeep Matharu explores the precedent set by the No 10 chief advisor’s callous hoodwinking of the public – a fundamental degrading of democracy that was missed by the Labour Party at a dangerous cost
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Living in My Black Skin is for a Lifetime Not a ‘Moment’
Musa Okwonga reflects on the Black Lives Matter movement and explains why Keir Starmer’s actions have been so revealing of entrenched structural white supremacy
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The Remaking of Momentum
Sam Bright investigates what Jeremy Corbyn’s departure as Labour Leader spells for the movement many believe revolutionised the party on his watch
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Stay Alert. Take Back Control. Don’t Blame Us
Mike Buckley argues that the UK Government’s apparently confusing ‘Stay Alert’ messaging is actually carefully calibrated to wash their hands of blame.
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Labour Must Build a New Coalition Under Keir Starmer to Win Again
Mike Buckley gives his take on what the Labour Party now needs to think about in terms of identity, class and the Coronavirus crisis.
