Gary Gibbon
Corbyn’s critics waiting for the olive branch
Jeremy Corbyn is talking about extending an olive branch to his defeated MPs but his opponents say they haven’t seen it yet.
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Gary Gibbon
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Gary Gibbon
Labour PLP: the sequel
One Blairite Labour grandee left the PLP meeting tonight saying it was the most optimistic he’d been in ages, such was the ferocity of attacks on Jeremy Corbyn.
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Jon Snow
The Corbyn factor: shocking the political system through sheer normality
A sense of political intoxication: the enthusiasm, the detail, the debate, and the understanding of the issues was unlike anything I had experienced.
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Gary Gibbon
Jeremy Corbyn wins with a landslide – but what next?
Will he last? Senior Blairites (they still exist) say they think he’ll have at least two conferences as leader. But then what?
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Paul Mason
Jeremy Corbyn’s victory and the new party he leads
It’s the size that matters. What political scientists knew, but the media didn’t bother knowing, is that the Labour Party’s membership changed under Ed Miliband.
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Gary Gibbon
If Jeremy Corbyn is crowned, the hard work starts here
The Left breaking out of the tomb, over-turning what it sees as a political elite entwined with big business… the vest-wearers overthrowing the vested interests.
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Gary Gibbon
Ed Miliband’s ‘one nation’ theme
Labour leader Ed Miliband says he has a “one nation Labour” background – haven’t we heard the phrase somewhere before?
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Jon Snow
We've changed – the single party is over
Jon Snow ruminates on the changing political landscape and the likelihood of coalition government rather than single party dominance being the new norm.
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Gary Gibbon
As Mili D quits, Mili E gets on with leading
David Miliband has quit the front bench but will remain as an MP, while his brother Ed Miliband, the new Labour leader, begins to recruit his new cabinet, as Gary Gibbon blogs.
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Gary Gibbon
Ed Miliband speech: he didn’t sink, he didn’t fly
Political editor Gary Gibbon’s verdict on Ed Miliband’s first speech as leader of the Labour party: he didn’t sink, he didn’t fly, but he may have changed some opinions.
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Gary Gibbon
Low union turnout pushes Ed into first place
I’ve just had a look at the turnout for the big three trade unions that backed him in the summer – the GMB, Unite and Unison. If you average the three together you get a collective turnout of 8.3 per cent in these three unions, writes Political Editor Gary Gibbon.
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Gary Gibbon
Gordon Brown asks for a role at Labour leadership unveiling
Gary Gibbon blogs on how Gordon Brown has asked to say some words to the Labour party conference in Manchester before the result of his successor is announced.
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Gary Gibbon
Labour leadership: David Miliband’s frustration with his brother
On the occasions when David Miliband was tempted to topple Gordon Brown it was, Gary Gibbon blogs, his brother Ed who “begged and begged and begged” him not to try to topple Gordon Brown and to wait for a vacancy.
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Gary Gibbon
The long Labour leadership contest could harm David Miliband
Labour’s NEC has agreed a long contest, with the leader being crowned at the party’s conference in September, and a spending cap of £150,000.