Richard Leonard

Uncategorized 4 October, 2018

Scottish Labour purge is personal not political

Richard Leonard’s clumsy purge of opponents is personal politics, not a triumph of Corbynism North of the Border.

Data
Splits

Labour leadership launches data clampdown amid rising panic over splinter group

The Labour leadership has taken the decision to strip all of the party's regional staff of any access to membership and electoral registration data.

Donors
Tories

Theresa May and ministers dined with Russian donors weeks after Skripal poisoning

Theresa May dined with Russian donors weeks after the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal.

House of Lords

Deepest red benches

Jeremy Corbyn's willingness to create Labour peers shows principled positions can be diluted by the political pragmatism that is required of every Leader of Her Majesty's opposition.