Politics 100 days of Jeremy Corbyn: Let Corbyn be Corbyn The Labour leader must recover the tricks he used to win the job in the first place if he is to take Downing Street. By John Gaffney
Politics Labour faces the question of how credible voters think Ed Miliband’s story is By John Gaffney
Hollande and the French kiss goodbye to era of private presidential affairs When things are going well, the “private life” is deliberately on display for all to see. That is how… By John Gaffney
What does a modern Labour Party expect from its leader? What the party has never had and needs today more than ever is a theory of leadership. By John Gaffney
Valeriegate: a farce that threatens to undermine Hollande The row over Valérie Trierweiler's indiscreet tweet threatens the French president's carefully constructed character. By John Gaffney
Sarkozy’s defeat is a rejection of the Republique de Bling Sarkozy's vulgar desire to party put a curse on his presidency. By John Gaffney