The attacks on black academics are well-funded and relentless, writes DIANE ABBOTT, and they need to be fearlessly resisted by all concerned
Where it all began – how Jeremy Corbyn got on the ballot
We look back to Luke James’s account of nominations deadline day for the Labour Party leadership
I JOINED Jeremy Corbyn’s team with exactly an hour to go until nominations closed.
Four supporters were pacing the flagstones of Westminster Hall outside the Labour Party’s parliamentary office.
Eyes down and oblivious to the groups of sightseers on guided tours, they fired off texts and emails to Labour MPs.
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While riding the No 3 bus in Glasgow MATT KERR has ample time to dissect the moribund Scottish Labour decline into near oblivion and watch intriguing bus passenger dynamics
Meanwhile, incoming PM Andy Burnham dithers over who should be his Chancellor



