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Demoralised and shattered: yes, the left in the UK is down. But here’s why it isn’t out

Starmer is intent on eliminating the ‘Corbynite rump’, but their ideas are far more plausible in our age of staggering inequality, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

Art of the attack ad: six memorable angles the Conservatives have tried

Tory ads for general elections have ramped up paranoia over quality of life, the economy and Labour politicians’ integrity

The Guardian - UK

Derek Draper: the ‘cocky know-it-all’ who rebuilt his life after scandal

Former lobbyist and Labour insider reinvented himself as a therapist after twice withdrawing from politics

The Guardian - UK

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Derek Draper: A vigorous person who should be remembered for so much more than his suffering

The abiding image most of the public have of Draper – the beloved husband of Kate Garraway – is of someone struggling incredibly hard against his frailty. Here, Sean O’Grady reflects on the career of a man who had a front-row seat for the New Labour project

The Independent UK

Derek Draper obituary

Political adviser during the New Labour era until the 1998 Lobbygate scandal who became a psychotherapist

The Guardian - UK

New Labour spin doctor Derek Draper was part of media power couple

The former political adviser retrained as a psychotherapist and married TV presenter Kate Garraway.

Evening Standard

Derek Draper: Kate Garraway announces death of husband, 56, saying she was ‘holding his hand when he passed’

Draper, 56, had struggled with health issues since contracting Covid and being placed in an induced coma in 2020

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A lesson from Harold Wilson for Keir Starmer: don’t let the right undermine Labour’s achievements

Millions of lives were improved by reforms in the 1960s and 70s, from anti-racism laws to equal pay – yet many voters see his tenure as a failure, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

A Century of Labour by Jon Cruddas review – what does the party stand for?

The MP and former policy chief sets out the battle of ideas that has shaped Labour from Attlee to Starmer

The Guardian - UK

Billboard showing Keir Starmer as Blair in disguise appears in Scottish town

A BILLBOARD depicting Keir Starmer as Tony Blair in disguise in a Scooby Doo-style parody has appeared in a Scottish town.

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Peter Mandelson attacks ‘ridiculous’ calls for Starmer to back Gaza ceasefire

New Labour guru compares Israel’s war on ‘cold-blooded murderers’ in Hamas to UK’s fight against IRA

The Independent UK

The ‘let Rishi be Rishi’ plan is a disaster. Only a John Major strategy can halt Tory armageddon now

The byelection routs proved that rebranding the PM as a rightwing radical alienates voters, says the former Conservative minister Justine Greening

The Guardian - UK

Things we learned at the Labour Party conference

Sir Keir Starmer said the party was on a journey from protest to power – although one glitter-throwing demonstrator did not get the memo.

The Independent UK

Peter Mandelson wants GB News to survive – because it ‘stirs’ up Tory divisions

New Labour mastermind says channel is ‘undoing’ the Tory party. ‘And very timely it is too’

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Is Keir Starmer misremembering Labour’s 1997 victory? I was there, and we were radical

The opposition leader seems to think that Labour needs to water down policies on tax and the climate crisis, writes former Labour cabinet minister Clare Short

Evening Standard

Labour grandee Peter Mandelson slams Unite union over strikes

Unite leader Sharon Graham hits back that the New Labour architect would have opposed NHS in 1945

The Guardian - UK

The Labour donors: from Tory defectors to a supermarket scion

With Labour heading into election year ahead in the polls, who are the individuals funding its upcoming campaign?

The Guardian - UK

‘A party for all businesses’: how Labour is courting industry

Firms rush to Liverpool conference as party launches City-friendly policies – and secures wealthy donors

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The Conversation

Ed Balls and George Osborne's new podcast is essential listening – but not for the reasons they think

In an apparent attempt to “talk across the political divide”, former chancellor George Osborne and former shadow chancellor Ed Balls have launched a podcast.

The Guardian - UK

Are you single or in a ‘hard-working family’? Your answer counts for a lot

There are millions of people struggling alone in the cost-of-living crisis – but they’re invisible to our politicians, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Independent UK

‘Red’ Ken Livingstone has been a divisive figure during his 40-year career

The stalwart Labour politician has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at the age of 78.

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer is borrowing from Tony Blair, but that doesn’t make him a Blairite

One thing they share is the belief that the purpose of politics is to make things happen – and you only get to do that by winning power

The Guardian - UK

From collective ambition to crumbling concrete: Essex is a totem of Britain’s decline

Yes, many of the county’s postwar buildings used Raac; but the real problem is a Tory ideology that has negligence at its core, says author Tim Burrows

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s been a good week’: Labour buoyed up by slick reshuffle and Tory woes

Party off to promising start to new parliamentary term but knows it cannot be complacent

The Conversation

Dizzee Rascal's Boy In Da Corner turns 20 – here's how it ushered in the era of grime

From before their election in 1997, New Labour politicians spun an image of Britain that held the promise of prosperity for all. Then we entered a new millennium. For the black community – especially its boys and men – it became clear the promise was as empty as Tony Blair’s…

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