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The Mandelson crisis is a crisis of Labour's leadership project
The scandal of the Peter Mandelson crisis and his relationship with the convicted criminal Jeffrey Epstein is immense.
Feb 4
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Simon Fletcher
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Who destabilised Labour?
The election of Lucy Powell as deputy leader of the Labour Party, only a few weeks after she was removed from the Cabinet, is a rebuke by party members…
Oct 25, 2025
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Simon Fletcher
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Fringe meeting - the case for universalism, the welfare state & taxing the rich
Polling today on the eve of Labour Party conference shows continued poor satisfaction with the Labour government.
Sep 26, 2025
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Simon Fletcher
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7/7 twenty years on
Ken Livingstone's speech from Singapore
Jul 6, 2025
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Simon Fletcher
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Further and faster on the road to nowhere
Labour and the elections
May 2, 2025
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Simon Fletcher
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Don't be in denial about the cuts
One of the government’s talking points as it goes into the spring statement is that it is not presiding over austerity or an abandonment of a Labour…
Mar 26, 2025
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Simon Fletcher
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Less a u-turn than a swerve
It is now largely accepted that the government has moved away from its earlier leaked - or briefed - plan to impose a real-terms cut to personal…
Mar 17, 2025
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Simon Fletcher
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Welfare cuts - Labour's latest collision with its own base
MPs must vote against the welfare cuts
Mar 14, 2025
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Simon Fletcher
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