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
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We face worse than Sunak’s Tories if Labour doesn’t deliver
We have a chance to offer not just a better standard of life, but a politics of meaning and hope if we win power – otherwise, all signs point to a hard-right politics of hatred taking hold, warns IAN LAVERY MP
(Left to right) Liz Truss, Ranil Jayawardena, Dame Priti Patel and Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg during the Conservative Party annual conference at the Manchester Central convention complex, October 2, 2023
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
AS what I would hope is the last Labour conference before a general election begins, it’s a good time to assess the state of the country and politics in general.
The picture is a bleak one. A cost-of-living crisis which has got no better as winter once again sets in, public services on their knees, industrial strife and communities across the country strangled by a lack of investment. When Labour wins the next election there is a huge amount of work to do.
At the same time, the past week has seen the Conservative Party in Manchester seeking to perform what looks like an impossible feat.
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