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Filling the vacuum

28 July 2017

Labour’s right has been devoid of ideas for years and now needs to come up with a new philosophy, writes Philip Collins The two main political tribes are never more characteristically different than when they have just lost a general election....

Lessons from the campaign trail

27 July 2017

Labour’s positive election campaign needs to be a stepping stone to a win next time, says Olivia Bailey I learned a lot during my time as the Labour party candidate in Reading West. I went through two pairs of shoes, accidentally...

A final push

23 July 2017

Labour won this campaign – but its task at the next election will be a complicated one, as Lewis Baston explains One should not slip into thinking that Labour ‘won’ the 2017 election. The Conservatives were still ahead on votes and...

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Politics in the platform age

21 July 2017

The election marked a turning point and a radical Labour victory is now within grasp, argues Jeremy Gilbert What made the extraordinary and unexpected result of the 2017 election possible? Several popular explanations have been widely circulated. The first attributes the result...

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Interview

Moving the centre

20 July 2017

Emily Thornberry was one of the stars of Labour’s election campaign. Now she wants the party to prepare for power, she tells Kate Murray It was one of the highlights of election night: Emily Thornberry, grinning like the Cheshire Cat, telling...

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Mobilising the yet to be mobilised

19 July 2017

Now more than ever, politics is local. The importance of people having control over their own lives has rarely been as salient as now. The opportunities for local leaders to meet this need should be grasped by all of us with...

Continue Reading Devolution

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