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Revealed: Corbyn’s policy director defends member suspended for anti-Semitism
A fresh war broke out this week between Labour MPs and the party leadership over how impartial Labour has been when…
The Spectator Podcast: Putin’s toxic power
On this week’s episode, we look at the situation with Russia, and whether diplomatic relations have been poisoned. We also…
The Tories had an election-winning conference – for Jeremy Corbyn
If Labour’s party conference in Brighton suggested the party was in a celebratory mood, that sense of triumphalism has been…
Labour knew about Corbyn and the IRA. Now the country knows
The security services are a rum lot. All that intrigue gets to you eventually, and that’s not counting those who…
The Spectator Podcast: Queen of Scots
On this week’s episode, we look at the rebirth of the Scottish Conservatives, ask whether it’s helpful to call Marine Le…
Sunday political interviews round-up: Theresa May says Conservatives will not raise VAT
Theresa May – Conservatives will not raise VAT Touring both the BBC and ITV studios today, Theresa May tried her…
Political activists who behave like zealots will do no good at all
The election debate so far has included a fair bit of to-ing and fro-ing over whether religion has a place…
Corbyn’s ex-spinner exposes an irreconcilably divided Labour
One of the favourite tenets of Jeremy Corbyn supporters is that their movement is persecuted by the ‘mainstream media’ and…
If Labour is decimated, Corbyn and his comrades will be delighted
In the early hours of 9 June 2017, Jeremy Corbyn conceded defeat. For the luckless political journalists forced to cover…
In defence of Ken Livingstone
Listen to Douglas Murray and James Forsyth debating Ken Livingstone’s non-expulsion: We never loved each other, Ken Livingstone and I.…
The opposition-shaped hole in British politics
If you want to judge the extent of the crisis that is paralysing the left, look at this morning’s Guardian.…
Will the Labour membership ever change its mind about its leader?
Labour’s famously vocal moderates have been awfully quiet today, given one of their number – Jamie Reed – has just…
Tom Watson tells Marr that Labour will ‘make this country great again’
With the latest polling on voting intentions from ICM putting Labour on 27 and the Conservatives storming ahead on 42…
What the papers say: Jeremy Corbyn’s day to forget
Jeremy Corbyn’s botched relaunch yesterday was successful in only one way: it kept the Labour leader in the headlines throughout…
Face it, Labour: you are now a painfully middle-class party
Today’s Fabian Society paper on the state of the Labour Party — and what a state it is — has…
Labour MP Jamie Reed takes the nuclear option and quits parliament
Jamie Reed, the Labour MP for Copeland, has announced he is stepping down from Parliament from the end of January…
Full speech: Sadiq Khan at Labour conference
Labour in power. Not just talking the talk, but walking the walk too. Never sacrificing or selling out on our…
John McDonnell sends taxpayers running for the hills
John McDonnell’s speech was a chance to win over voters. But while his pitch went down well in the hall…
Labour’s internal battle is only just beginning
Not even Owen Smith is pretending that he’ll defeat Jeremy Corbyn when the leadership election results are announced this weekend. Tom…
Jeremy Corbyn promises business as usual
The big question in Labour’s leadership contest is not whether Jeremy Corbyn will win, but how much he’ll win by.…
Is the worst nightmare of Corbyn’s opponents about to come true?
Could Jeremy Corbyn come out of the Labour leadership contest with an even bigger mandate? Few would be surprised and…
Owen Smith flounders in Brexit attack on Corbyn
Owen Smith desperately needs to make up ground in Labour’s leadership contest (bookies’ odds, perhaps more reliable than the polls,…
Why you shouldn’t vote for Jeremy Corbyn
What follows is an appeal to Jeremy Corbyn supporters to think again. It’s from Chris, a Labour party member, who…
Must Corbyn win?
Thoughtful writing about the Corbyn phenomenon is not just impossible to find, it is impossible to imagine. Admirers live in…
Will Labour finally stop sweeping anti-Semitism under the carpet?
In February, the co-chair of the Oxford University Labour Club, Alex Chalmers, resigned after having publicly accused the Club of…
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