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Chris McLaughlin is editor-at-large at Tribune.
When Alistair Campbell arranged for me to meet the government’s leading weapons expert, he said Saddam Hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction. Months later, we destroyed Iraq to find these weapons Blair knew did not exist, writes Chris McLaughlin.
The departure of Boris Johnson as prime minister has been widely celebrated in Labour circles, but the rot at the heart of our political system goes far deeper.
A quiet revolution is under way, and the most organised cohort of Tory MPs is the one plotting the PM’s downfall.
When it comes to the issues impacting working people, Keir Starmer’s voice isn’t ‘failing to cut through’ — it’s absent entirely.
Under Starmer’s leadership, Labour lacks any coherent vision and is floundering in the polls – but the path forward for the Left remains unclear.
Keir Starmer’s Labour Party doesn’t seem to know what it’s doing. More worryingly, it doesn’t seem to know why.
While the government meandered in mixed messaging, misconduct, and mistakes, trade unions have consistently called the pandemic correctly — but have been ignored.
The case for a new social contract is growing by the day – but it will only happen on progressive terms if Labour makes the case.
Only economic radicalism and internationalism can achieve the change the Labour Party hopes to see in British politics.
Labour must come together if it is to stand any chance of winning the impending general election.
As the Palace of Westminster crumbles around it, parliament is in need of similar renovation works.
With only a matter of days until Britain has a new Prime Minister, Boris Johnson appears to be boxing himself into a strategy of no deal or bust.
Labour needs to build the case for a better future beyond Brexit, or risk getting lost in the din.
Tribune Editor-at-large Chris McLaughlin takes stock of 2018 and looks to the challenges of the year ahead.
Finding a way into power is hard enough without stubborn opposition from within Labour.