Powell condemns ‘deeply unhelpful and divisive’ peers, calls for focus on defeating Tories Manchester Labour MP Lucy Powell is what the Labour right would call a ‘mainstream’ MP – yet […]
Vote has no force – and reaction of public to most of those posturing would be ‘who?’ But attempt will galvanise the real Labour grassroots Unelected peers intend to attempt […]
Letter published today in Guardian attacks Jeremy Corbyn – but the background of its signatories suggests alternative motives Today, some 64 Labour peers – unelected members of the House of […]
Former Home Secretary Reid, now Baron Reid of Cardowen, spent cosy weekend with genocidal Serbian – and failed to disclose who paid for it John Reid, now Baron Reid of […]
Labour sources say deputy leader hopes move will allow allies to lie low and escape ‘trigger ballots’ Labour sources say that the sudden rush of moves by peers to attack […]
Labour confirms intention to abolish undemocratic second chamber Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed Labour’s intention to abolish the House of Lords, the unelected ‘second chamber’ of Parliament. The announcement […]
Tom Watson is still agitating for influence over the Labour Party’s complaints process – but his track record is a problem Comment Deputy Labour leader Tom Watson has persisted in […]
Watson’s bizarre meeting with peers leads to call for elected Shadow Cabinet – an practice whose abolition he publicly welcomed ITV’s political editor has reported on a bizarre meeting held […]
An unholy alliance of centrist Labour, Tory, LibDem and SNP figures has attempted to manoeuvre or force the Labour leadership into calling a vote of no confidence in spite of […]
Tory peer Sayeeda Warsi has gone public on Twitter with a scathing put-down of her party Chair Brandon Lewis after he made a self-satisfied comment on the release of the […]