It’s a huge relief that at least one Red Wall brick teetered but didn’t fall. Congratulations to Kim Leadbeater, the Labour campaigners and all the progressive voters in Batley and…
02 Jul, 2021
by-elections
01 Apr, 2021
Place and People Before Party: how can we make a progressive alliance a reality in Hartlepool and beyond?
On May 6th, we were already going to see the biggest and most important set of elections this country has ever seen outside of a general election. The Welsh Senedd,…
05 Aug, 2019
We must build an imaginative and pragmatic alliance
A Remain Alliance is not the same as a Progressive Alliance. That’s what we said when we were asked for our view on the Brecon and Radnorshire by-election and it’s…
10 Oct, 2014
After the by-elections: the political leadership we need now
Both of last night's by-elections tell us much about the toxic state of mainstream politics. The Liberal Democrats, sadly, were nowhere, the Tories are all over the place, but it's…