The election of Richard Leonard has, inevitably, provoked jubilation on the Party’s left and despair in the rest of the party. While despair is certainly the more appropriate reaction, there has been some misreading on both sides. First, let’s deal with the left. Yes, Scottish Labour really needed to reinvent itself, faced with a hegemonic… Continue reading Scottish Labour needed to reinvent itself to survive. But not like this
Month: November 2017
Stopping Brexit is a race against time. Labour MPs are in pole position
Perhaps, just perhaps, historians might look back at this week and say, that is the week that the tide started to turn against populist politics and at least some parts of the world managed to save themselves from it. Probably for some states, Turkey, Hungary, Russia and perhaps Poland, from where I write, it is… Continue reading Stopping Brexit is a race against time. Labour MPs are in pole position