All the evidence shows voters want Labour to shift to the left — but initial signs from Andy Burnham are worrying on that front, cautions DIANE ABBOTT
Stephen Kinnock’s cafe society
‘Having a coffee’ is hardly a sign of being insufferably middle class, writes REUBEN BARD-ROSENBERG
ANDY McDONALD MP says Labour must show it is capable of delivering real improvements in people’s lives — bold action is required
ANGUS REID and ANDREW JOHNSTONE report on an initiative that we must take this summer
ALLISON FEWTRELL on what Plaid Cymru's historic election victory means for the communities being failed by Wales’s housing crisis, and four things the new government can do right now
France Insoumise MP JEROME LEGAVRE speaks to Christophe Domec on building the Europe-wide peace movement that came together in the International Conference Against War last weekend
At last weekend’s International Conference Against War, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER talks to the Palestinian physician and politician about the struggles ahead to achieve a truly free Palestine
I DO NOT like charades. Neither the elongated attempt at family entertainment that ruins everybody’s Christmas gatherings, nor the spectacle of Labour politicians pretending to talk about class.
The experience would be less painful if the likes of Stephen Kinnock weren’t so crap at picking cultural metaphors.
But alas we must listen to his razor-sharp analysis that “messages about fast-paced economic change and globalisation may go down well in coffee bars in London, but don’t speak to workers whose factories are closing down.”
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