The biggest tragedy of this as a centre left liberal, is that Labour were in opposition for 14 years. Four election defeats. And they managed to scrape themselves to a huge majority where they should… (View Post)

I reckon they should elect a Raynor-Miliband ticket. Raynor as the more charismatic figure, as well as being the first female Labour PM. Miliband I think is far more capable at policy and governing. … (View Post)

I've got some sympathy with Starmer refusing to bow to pressure. If you want to kill the king then you can't miss, nor can you not bother taking your shot and just ask him to leave nicely b… (View Post)

I see Nate Silver's polling aggregator has dipped below -19% net approval (-19.1%) for the first time. If the trend continues the Dems winning both the House and the Senate in the mid-terms look… (View Post)

If Burnham can't win a by election in a favourable seat, he doesn't deserve to be a part of any future Labour leadership contest. (View Post)