You can’t gain power without also gaining enemies, as Machiavelli pointed out.
- Executive Dean, City St George's, University of London
Streeting accused Starmer of creating a ‘vacuum’ in the Labour party where vision is needed.
Anxious not to be easy targets for their pro-business opponents, labour parties everywhere now run on a ‘thin ideological platform’. Anthony Albanese’s ALP is no exception.
As the party meets for its annual conference in Manchester it is fighting for survival.
A country that is grievously divided along social, economic and geographical lines is in no condition to meet the challenges that lie ahead.
Lots of ground was covered but bridges were not built in Liverpool.
It could be just another move in a long-term political masterstroke.
If the angry voters of Britain remain divided, perhaps a split is the best option for the warring opposition.
With an arrogant, ill-starred gamble for partisan advantage, the Conservatives have destroyed the very thing they supposedly stand for.
The Labour leader is no Europhile, but this scepticism is a real strength for the remain camp.
Here’s what was probably going in that famous blonde head over the past few days.
Corbyn can’t replicate his wider popularity among MPs. Will it cost him?
Under enormous pressure from friends and enemies alike, Labour’s new leader attempted to walk a desperately difficult line.
Armed with a devilish crowdsourcing strategy, Jeremy Corbyn did his best to drain Prime Minister’s Questions of its boorish theatricality. Did he succeed?
Chaos over a purported leftist influx is roiling the Labour party – but the worst effects are yet to come.
Experts provide a rolling response, live as the results come in for the 2015 general election.
In 2010, there were more than 1,000 potential coalition options. Here’s how to make friends in 2015.
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