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With Brown’s chances of survival “less than 50-50”, a reform agenda with the Lib Dems may be Labour’s only hope
The country waits for a government to lead again, with or without Mr Brown
Obama has exposed the timidity of Blair and Brown – whose disastrous legacy is a Britain with no strong, credible left-of-centre voice
Wanted: one army of love for Zimbabwe
The hapless Michael Martin is soon to depart as Speaker. The progressive Tory MP John Bercow explains why he should replace him
. . . on a celebrity parliament, cold-calling Labour and the Mongoose
Domestic disasters threaten to skew British voters' outlook in this year's EU polls. But knowing how to mark your ballot paper on 4 June is more important than ever
The party must seize the initiative from Clegg and support electoral reform
Telling the truth sometimes involves abandoning your friends
The local and European elections leave both main parties vulnerable, but Gordon Brown’s career depends on his response
In the vanguard of the Post-Bureaucratic Age
Tales of tax evasion and phantom mortgages conceal a more profound venality in our political monoculture
History will judge New Labour harshly. Unlike the 1945 government, it lacked a reforming vision – but the financial crisis provides an unprecedented chance for renewal