The Pope and Tony Blair may not have met, but they have a few things in common By Alys Key Tony Blair has met several popes, but has not yet had the pleasure of meeting Pope Leo XIV. Nevertheless, the ...

Labour is being told to pick a side in a battle of economic arguments. We say the future will be built from both By Mark McVitie and Mathew Lawrence We are the authors of two arguments recently ...

Rather than a relic of the past, Britain’s best known classist sees the ancient world as a powerful tool for understanding the present. By NS Podcasts Rather than a relic of the past, Mary Beard sees ...

Nicola Sturgeon’s now estranged husband has brought shame on the SNP By Chris Deerin Peter Murrell was never one for the public eye. He was the archetypal backroom operator, forever lurking in the ...

After years of neglecting progressives, the party must learn there is no such thing as a “hero voter”. By Anoosh Chakelian It was 12 years ago when a Labour politician first warned me that the party ...

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In the mad world of the British far right, faith and thuggery jostle for attention By Emily Lawford On the road to Parliament Square, men kept stopping Kate to tell her she was beautiful. She was a ...

We must stand against both anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim hate By Prince Harry Over the past several years, I have spoken about the consequences of a world in which outrage outpaces humanity – where ...

If Labour’s National Executive does as its members – and, indeed, much of the voting public – demand, then the battle for Makerfield could emerge as one of the most totemic and decisive parliamentary ...

New polling exposes weaknesses in “brand Farage”. Nigel Farage and Reform UK are a real threat to Labour and the Conservatives alike. We’ve heard a lot about the strengths of the challenger party – ...

If Andy Burnham succeeds in the Makerfield by-election next month, Labour will immediately face a new challenge: a Greater Manchester mayoral by-election. There’s no guarantee the party would win ...

Working-class voters did not abandon the party – we have forced them to leave By Al Carns The English, Scottish and Welsh election results didn’t come from nowhere. They follow years of working people ...