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Neal Lawson

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Andy Burnham can save Labour and defeat Reform. He should be the next prime minister

The madness has to end. The progressive side of politics in the UK faces two crises. The first is the possible decimation of the Labour party after...

12.05.2026 20

The Guardian

Neal Lawson

Keir Starmer must go

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10.05.2026 20

New Statesman

Neal Lawson

5. Britain has entered the age of bloc politics

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17.03.2026 20

New Statesman

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Andy Burnham could have won Gorton and Denton

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27.02.2026 20

New Statesman

Neal Lawson

McSweeney, Mandelson and the stain of New Labour

09.02.2026 20

New Statesman

Neal Lawson

Labour can reverse its decision to block Andy Burnham. Here is why it must

25.01.2026 40

The Guardian

Neal Lawson

Farage and the Tory right will unite because they want power. Will the left just stand by?

03.12.2025 30

The Guardian

Neal Lawson

Zygmunt Bauman’s liquid politics

19.11.2025 20

New Statesman

Neal Lawson

Starmer’s backers never meant him to be prime minister – his leadership was doomed from the start

13.11.2025 20

The Guardian

Neal Lawson

The Starmer-McSweeney tendency is sinking Labour

10.11.2025 20

New Statesman

Neal Lawson

The death of Welsh Labour

20.10.2025 20

New Statesman

Neal Lawson

It’s too late for Starmer

28.09.2025 40

New Statesman

Neal Lawson

It’s time to free Labour from this useless leadership

10.09.2025 20

New Statesman

Neal Lawson

What is the point of Labour’s new deputy leader? Until we know that, the contest isn’t worth having

08.09.2025 20

The Guardian

Neal Lawson