Neil Kinnock is former leader of the Labour party and now sits in the House of Lords
July 2024
Neil Kinnock tells Labour MPs ‘tide is shifting’ towards closer ties with Europe
‘Sails on the ship’ and ‘ashes of disaster’ – quotes of election night
June 2024
Neil Kinnock warns Labour to heed nationalist threat posed by Nigel Farage
Exclusive: Former Labour leader calls on party to ratchet up scrutiny of Reform in final week of campaign
Economics viewpoint
After Rishi Sunak’s D-day disaster Labour need not worry about Tory tax claims
Larry Elliott
‘Tax bombshell’ claims undid Labour in 1992 but the Tory ‘catalogue of chaos’ and now the PM’s ineptitude mean fears are misplaced
‘Bigoted woman’ and fridge-hiding: a history of election gaffes after Sunak’s D-day disaster
Prime minister is not the first party leader to make bad decisions during the heat of a general election campaign
March 2024
John Gau obituary
A former head of BBC current affairs and Panorama producer who went on to make documentaries for Channel 4 in the 1980s
February 2024
Neil Kinnock says he is ‘convinced’ Labour will win general election
‘People said it did in his career’: 33 pictures that defined British politicians
December 2023
Lady Kinnock of Holyhead obituary
Teacher, Labour MEP and Foreign Office minister who focused on human rights, feminism and poverty in the developing world
October 2023
Glitter, a P45 and hecklers: the art of interrupting a conference speech
Protest at start of Keir Starmer’s address to Labour delegates follows long tradition of dissenters upstaging politicians
June 2023
‘A tour de force’: tributes pour in for Margaret McDonagh, linchpin of Tony Blair’s New Labour
William Keegan's in my view
The Tories are broken. Labour can be candid about Brexit
William Keegan
March 2023
‘We needed a massive amount of resilience’: the female Labour MPs from the class of ’87
At the general election that year, the number of women in the Commons jumped to (an albeit still tiny) 41. Some talk about the sexism – and the solidarity
February 2023
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Some strikes in Wales suspended after government raises pay offer – as it happened
Welsh government offering health staff extra 3% – half one-off, half consolidated – on top of 4.5% increase
September 2022
Lend me your ears! The art of political speechwriting
The politicians deliver the words but who writes them? We talk to the experts whose job is to come up with the memorable phrases
March 2022
Brittle With Relics by Richard King review – a portrait of Wales in flux
From the Aberfan disaster to late 90s pop-culture, this vivid oral history brings a tumultuous era to life
October 2021
Starmer’s bonfire of promises is likely to see Labour’s electoral chances crash and burn
Michael Chessum
To win at the ballot box, the opposition party needs to ditch Blairite policies and offer a radical anti-establishment narrative
February 2021
'The man was obviously a crook': the decline and fall of Robert Maxwell
Robert Maxwell and Rupert Murdoch were once the two biggest power brokers in British politics. But their fierce rivalry paved the way for Maxwell’s demise
December 2020
Keir Starmer urged to wait before telling MPs to approve Brexit deal
Neil Kinnock: backing Brexit deal politically 'lethal' for Labour
