• Earlier this month, an MP from Labour’s right factions criticised the Manchester mayor Andy Burnham for planning to go to a conference by Compass. His problem? The conference would include members of the Green Party. Naturally, after reading this, I signed up to go, as did at least one other person I met there. Though…

  • Learning from the Jeremy Corbyn movement

    Last month, several left-wing MPs, including a press-ganged Jeremy Corbyn and other exiles from the Labour Party he once led, announced the formation of a new left-wing party. The provisional name Your Party was adopted by fluke, and it may well stick. The party has reportedly received 700,000 sign-ups in less than two weeks. This…