Labour Party

Stephen Twigg’s campaign manager remembers how an unwinnable Tory seat held by their leader-in-waiting turned red on a night of drama in May 1997

Labour went into a general election confident of a convincing victory for a programme of change - but factors that may sound familiar intervened

What time is the exit poll? When will the key seats declare? How long will you have to stay up to see Sunak concede?

The paper hates Keir Starmer, but couldn’t bear not to back a winner

Government and culture do not mix.. just look what happened last time

As populism tries to pull the EU apart and Donald Trump threatens Europe’s security, Keir Starmer will face the challenge of resetting the UK’s role in the continent and the wider world

There is a huge gulf between the shadow cabinet and the real thing. How will Starmer’s untested team cope with the brutal realities of power?

How can a new government make Britain better – and what does ‘better’ even mean nowadays?

For good reason – and much to the frustration of the tabloids – the Labour leader’s wife has done a great job of avoiding the spotlight

Will a Labour government prove quietly competent or will their lack of experience in power lead to trouble?

A lacklustre campaign has been marked by an unwillingness to get real about Britain’s problems

Will Keir Starmer lead the shift from chaotic Conservative turmoil into a new era of stability, or will it be more of the same?

Starmer looks poised for victory because those around him understand that Labour is the product of the working class

There must be something better than the juvenile name-calling that has come to characterise our way of government

The Tories under 100 seats, Truss and Corbyn to lose, up to 55 Lib Dem gains and more

Labour’s leader has wasted one opportunity to reopen and win the debate. He can’t squander another

The party shows worrying signs of not fully understanding the limits of what might be available to a country outside the club

Brexit is clearly the failure it was always going to be, but repairing the damage and avoiding the mistakes of the past is a long-term task

Why have we failed to invest anywhere near as much as our rivals – and what can we do to put things right?

Keir Starmer is set for a landslide built on hatred of the Tories. Now he must soothe Britain’s rage – or become its next victim

If the new prime minister gets it right, something better than Blairism is in prospect

If Starmer wins a majority of 218 or bigger, it will give him one very significant new power

The bad news is that it’s beginning to work

The right wing press is predicting a Tory wipe-out – anything less, and they’ll say Starmer has failed

Shutting out the press is a big mistake – especially if you’re heading for a big majority

What are these pamphlets of political promises actually for – and why do parties with no hope of winning bother writing them?

In order to woo Leave voters, Labour has adopted a policy of accepting Brexit, which is exactly what Nigel Farage wants

To pretend we can become the fastest growing economy in the G7 – Labour’s No 1 mission – without addressing how to recover from Brexit risks undermining it

If they’re 20 points ahead in the polls and making mistakes, what will they be like under real pressure?

If Labour wins, the grown-ups will be back in the room

How Keir Starmer could take politics beyond Westminster