Labour’s persistent failure to address its electorate’s salient concerns is behind the protest vote, asserts DIANE ABBOTT
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Why is Labour saying ‘We are rubbish, don’t vote for us’?
Starmer and his team are always doing the party down – but what’s the logic behind this self-defeating behaviour, asks SOLOMON HUGHES
Washington’s lawless behaviour towards countries in the region it considers its ‘back yard’ should be condemned by all law-abiding people, says LUKE DANIELS
In part I of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY takes a look at the early days of organising government workers
Colombia’s success in controlling the drug trade should be recognised and its sovereignty respected, argues Dr GLORY SAAVEDRA
The shadow lord chancellor has recently made a name for himself as an rabid hater of immigration – but there are exceptions to every rule, says SOLOMON HUGHES
Plaid Cymru’s front-bench spokesman on health and social services MABON AP GWYNFOR, in a two-part series, analyses the Caerphilly by-election and the wider political scene in Wales ahead of the 2026 Senedd election
“WE are awful and out of touch — vote for us.” Why does the “sensible, grown-up” Labour leadership keep pushing this bizarre line?
Sir Keir Starmer promised a “professional election operation,” but the frequent repeating of the “we are not worth voting for” argument in public looks designed to lose even more votes.
It only makes sense when you realise this message isn’t aimed at winning voters.
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