General election 2019
Labour didn’t lose its ‘red wall’ – it never had one | David Edgerton
The idea that working-class people voted Labour until Brexit came along is a fiction only the Conservatives benefit from, says modern history professor David Edgerton
David Edgerton
09, Jul, 2021 @9:00 AM
Should Labour go big on radical change? | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to former leader Ed Miliband’s thoughts on a future direction for the party
Letters
14, Jun, 2021 @4:26 PM
Labour needs a new agenda – not a return to Corbynism | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to an article by Owen Jones about Keir Starmer’s record so far
Letters
14, Apr, 2021 @4:06 PM
Four aides to PM suggested Tory-linked firm for Cabinet Office work
Staff including Dominic Cummings recommended hiring Public First for research on ‘levelling up’
David Conn
15, Mar, 2021 @1:02 PM
Tory party illegally collected data on ethnicity of 10m voters, MPs told
Information commissioner says data was voluntarily deleted amid concerns about ‘weak’ enforcement
Damien Gayle
26, Jan, 2021 @4:58 PM
Should Labour try to win back ‘red wall’ voters? | Letters
Letters: Steve Smart warns Labour against simply trying to win back its traditional supporters in the old heartlands, Roy Boffy says these voters will be lost for ever unless the party seriously reappraises its parlous position, and Ron Glatter thinks the ‘northern problem’ is in danger of being overstated. Plus Derrick Cameron on Corbyn as a leader and Starmer as a manager
Letters
16, Dec, 2020 @6:15 PM
Labour 'red wall' seats lost to Conservatives in 2019 might be 'lost for good'
Study shows Labour faces continuous decline unless it tackles perception it is London-centric
Josh Halliday North of England correspondent
09, Dec, 2020 @2:00 PM
Brexit and the myth of ‘mastermind’ Cummings | Letters
Letters: There was nothing new in Dominic Cummings’ political strategies, and Labour’s support in ‘red wall’ constituencies has been ebbing away for years, writes Michael Pyke. Plus letters from Dr Denis MacShane and John Airs
Letters
18, Nov, 2020 @5:31 PM
Handling of Covid-19 increases ‘red wall’ voters’ complaints of government
Northern voters increasingly feel lockdown measures are unfairly imposed from above
Deborah Mattinson
18, Oct, 2020 @7:00 AM
Tory election agent guilty of tricking voters into nominating candidates
Diana Dianescu posed as someone from the Green and Labour parties, and Hackney council to dupe voters
Damien Gayle
16, Oct, 2020 @4:44 PM
Conservatives spent £16m on 2019 election win, figures show
Electoral Commission data includes £1.6m for Lynton Crosby’s polling firm
Rajeev Syal
07, Oct, 2020 @12:54 PM
Modern, multicultural and surprisingly liberal: this is the real 'red wall' | John Harris
Attitudes in Labour’s post-industrial heartlands have a lot more in common with metropolitan Britain than you may think, says the Guardian columnist John Harris
John Harris
04, Oct, 2020 @2:52 PM
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