Labour Party

The myth of a ‘progressive majority’ mesmerises the Left. Fail to learn the lessons of defeat and Labour will lose next time too

The much-ridiculed Labour leader may yet prove his detractors wrong by moving into Number 10 next month

The Eurosceptic Labour leader who died young but deserved to be Prime Minister

A new movie about the miners’ strike ignores the fact that it left Britain with nothing to feel good about

By joshing about the differences between Eton and ‘minor public schools’, the Shadow Chancellor reveals just how out of touch he is

Why has the new darling of the media class has not been taken to task for the child abuse scandal that happened on her watch in Islington?

Why, with UK growth picking up faster than anyone predicted, isn’t Labour collapsing in the polls? Why does Labour win approval for policies that are clearly incompatible with running a successful free market economy? And what should the Conservatives do about it? The Chancellor, as he prepares his Budget, would be well advised to reflect on more than the Treasury forecast or ephemeral party polling data as he seeks an answer.

The Conservatives have not yet earned back the trust of England’s northern cities. Doing so is the key to winning a majority in 2015

The German-born Labour MP has ignored her party’s bias and sees sense on Europe