UK Liberal Democrat peer Shirley Williams dies aged 90
One-time Labour MP who broke away to help form SDP described as ‘inspiration to millions’
Labour faces new battle for soul of party after election disaster
Looming leadership fight will decide whether to soften and abandon shift to hard left
Can Captain America save democracy? Fat chance
Donald Clarke: Chris Evans’ endeavour into US politics may prove to be just a hero’s folly
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Brian Boyd: Spare me Mick and Jez’s Brexit hypocrisy
Like fellow Glastonbury headliner Corbyn, Jagger is jumping on the bandwagon
Can Labour overcome unpopular Corbyn with popular policies?
Labour are doing better in the polls, but unfortunately for them, so are the Tories
The British Labour party’s ‘new suicide note’
No-one can seriously visualise Jeremy Corbyn leading the country
May to accuse Corbyn of dragging Britain back to the 1970s
Prime minister will say Labour manifesto is a return to ‘disastrous socialist policies’
Brian Boyd: Jeremy Corbyn, Islington Labour and me
The Islington Labour Party of the 1980’s was achingly “right on” and as relevant today as Duran Duran
Macron shows that talent beats other variables in politics
We get so caught up with the zeitgeist it is easy to forget the allure of the individual
Dáil wear: Mick Wallace and Boyd Barrett display uniforms of choice
‘Michael Healy-Rae can continue his family’s tradition of dressing for a coursing meet’
Tributes paid to Labour MP Gerald Kaufman after death at 86
Oldest member of House of Commons was known as acerbic debater and critic of Israel
Non-renewal of Trident ‘irresponsible’, says Theresa May
UK prime minister declares readiness to order nuclear strike that caused mass death
‘I have, on more than one occasion wondered why I go on caring for Tony’
Married to Alzheimer’s: Tony will have forgotten the details but remember the feelings of happiness
Denis Healey – Labour minister who flayed the Tories and his party’s left wing
Denis Healey: August 30th, 1917 - October 3rd, 2015
All eyes on Labour’s EU stance after Corbyn win
British party’s new leader could inspire a wave of left-wing euroscepticism in bloc
Jeremy Corbyn wins UK Labour leadership on first round
Left-winger succeeds Ed Miliband as party leader with Tom Watson as deputy leader
Corbyn would be ‘big mistake’ for British Labour, Rabbitte says
Ex-minister says he is ‘not a fan’ of politics of frontrunner in party’s leadership contest
Donald Clarke: Why Jeremy Corbyn could win the Labour leadership battle
‘Peter Mandelson would never have let that happen’
Blair urges British Labour Party not to repeat ‘past mistakes’
Former prime minister describes leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn as ‘Tory preference’
Labour figures seek to turn back clock and adopt 1990s playbook
Blairite criticisms and Chuka Umunna attack have illustrated tensions in the party
Miliband says farewell to a journey that started five years ago
As he stood at the lectern the former Labour leader must have been thinking of what might have been
SNP a major threat in Labour Glasgow stronghold
Labour MP for Glasgow South is even asking Tories to support him
Pride and the pits: when gay rights met the striking miners
New movie Pride celebrates the unlikely meeting of Britain’s striking miners and gay rights campaigners in the 1980s. Poverty, homophobia, Aids and the defeat of the miners provide an unlikely backdrop. Donald Clarke takes pride in a cultural rebellion
‘Do not think this is war. This is not war, it is the ending of the world’
As Commonwealth Games close, Glasgow remembers outbreak of war
Pivotal figure of British left and great parliamentarian of post-war era
Tony Benn: April 3rd, 1925 – March 14th, 2014
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