mainly macro

There is a cheap jibe that responds to the title of this piece by saying that Corbyn does not want to end Brexit. It is cheap because what...

We have already begun to hear laments that Corbyn’s second victory means the end of Labour as a broad church. This is nonsense, unless that...

Chris Dillow’s post today is so concise, comprehensive and in my view largely correct that I cannot help responding to it. The case ...

I originally wrote this as a companion piece to a post on how Smith could win, but put it to one side as I thought I was writing too much ...

When I called half a year ago the minority of MPs and associated journalists that was trying, and had tried from day 1, to openly undermin...

The betting odds suggest Jeremy Corbyn is a clear favourite to beat Owen Smith, even if those are based on thin information. But if comme...

For Labour party members When it looked like Jeremy Corbyn might win the 2015 leadership election, I was asked to both endorse and condemn...

I have made fun in the past about Labour politicians and supporters who in public trip up once the word borrowing is mentioned. An interv...