Labour in government
Britain: Labour’s Compass group plans its efforts to save capitalism
By Paul Mitchell, June 18, 2009
An atmosphere of despair hung over last Saturday’s conference, “No Turning Back: Visions, policies and campaigns for the good society,” organized by the Labour Party’s leading pressure group, ...
Britain: A revealing exchange on a national unity government
By Julie Hyland, December 24, 2008
A revealing exchange took place in the Guardian newspaper earlier this month between former Labour minister Frank Field and veteran Labourite Tony Benn on the prospects for a government of national un...
Britain: Scottish Labour Party leader Wendy Alexander resigns
By Steve James and Niall Green, July 1, 2008
Wendy Alexander’s resignation from the leadership of the Scottish Labour Party has plunged the party even deeper into a bitter internal conflict.
Britain: SEP candidate officially registered for Haltemprice and Howden by-election
By Julie Hyland, June 26, 2008
Chris Talbot, the Socialist Equality Party’s candidate for the Haltemprice and Howden by-election, is now officially registered for the ballot, following acceptance of his nomination by the elec...
Britain: SEP to stand in Haltemprice and Howden by-election
By our correspondent, June 23, 2008
The Socialist Equality Party is standing Chris Talbot as its candidate in the Haltemprice and Howden by-election to advance a socialist programme in defence of civil liberties.
Britain: Conservative MP forces by-election to challenge Labour’s anti-terror legislation
By Julie Hyland, June 17, 2008
Britain’s political establishment was thrown into turmoil by the unexpected resignation of the Conservatives’ Shadow Home Secretary David Davis on Thursday.
Britain: Labour’s “re-launch” stymied by worsening economic forecast
By Julie Hyland, May 17, 2008
The Labour government brought forward a series of measures this week in a rearguard action to try to rescue its political fortunes in wake of the party’s collapse into third place in the May 1 l...
Britain: Labour’s electoral meltdown continues to worsen
By Chris Marsden and Julie Hyland, May 7, 2008
The meltdown suffered by the Brown government in last week’s local elections, coupled with Ken Livingstone’s defeat by Boris Johnson in the contest for London Mayor, is a major staging pos...
Britain: Brown makes election appeal to Conservative voters
By Chris Marsden, September 26, 2007
Gordon Brown’s address to Labour’s annual conference was clearly a General Election speech. As such it demonstrated that, whenever it is held, the coming poll will be a contest between two...
Britain: Brown crowned as Blair’s successor after no contest
By Julie Hyland, May 18, 2007
Gordon Brown was crowned Britain’s prime minister elect yesterday, after his only potential challenger in the Labour leadership contest conceded defeat.
Britain’s elections: a debacle for Labour and an indictment of nationalism
By by Socialist Equality Party, May 5, 2007
Britain’s Labour Party lost control of Scotland for the first time in half a century in what amounted to a string of reversals for Labour in regional elections Thursday, including for the Welsh ...
Britain: Blair government defeats calls for Iraq inquiry
By Chris Marsden and Julie Hyland, November 3, 2006
The ability of British Prime Minister Tony Blair to defeat calls for an inquiry into the Iraq war testifies to the insulation of the parliamentary process from any genuine democratic control.
