Big week for Labour and Starmer
Keir Starmer and Labour host their conference in Brighton this week. Will the party show that it has learned the lessons of four consecutive General Election defeats – or continue its journey into political oblivion?
Blair
The destabilising decade
In his last blog of the year, Jim looks back on the most turbulent decade ever in British politics. It began with Gordon Brown determined to make Labour the natural party of power and ended with it looking unlikely they will ever be in power again.
Blair warns against Hard Brexit
The former prime minister Tony Blair has warned that a ‘hard Brexit’ would cause huge damage to the UK economy – and hit those areas… Read More »Blair warns against Hard Brexit
Blair – The Great Communicator
I attended a dinner in London on Monday evening, where former prime minister Tony Blair was the speaker. He focussed almost his entire speech on… Read More »Blair – The Great Communicator