Paul Mason
2014 was a year to forget for Ed Miliband – now it’s win or bust
Ed Miliband has lurched from one mishap to another over the last year. He must win in 2015 to save Labour from disintegration.
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Labour: what does it stand for now?
Labour party policy on issues like Britain’s membership of the EU and nuclear weapons is becoming increasingly hard to pin down.
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Gary Gibbon
Murdoch responds to secret tape
Rupert Murdoch writes to MPs to explain his words in a recording made secretly during what he said was an ’emotional’ meeting with staff caught up in the phone-hacking scandal.
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Gary Gibbon
Tom Watson resigns: what next for Ed M?
Tom Watson leaves the shadow cabinet, depriving Labour of a central figure in their 2015 election campaign – so where will that leave Ed Miliband’s leadership?
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Michael Crick
Crick on Watson’s DNA
Tom Watson’s resignation from Labour’s shadow cabinet is a huge shock for the party – but what’s he planning to do next?
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Gary Gibbon
MPs slam Murdoch execs – but Tories refuse to condemn Murdoch
Damning report from the media select committee on the Murdoch empire, but four Tory MPs didn’t sign up to the criticism of Rupert Murdoch – a Lib Dem and the five Labour members did. That diminishes the power of the report somewhat, blogs Gary Gibbon.
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FactCheck: How much did James Murdoch know about phone hacking?
“The big question is: how much did James Murdoch know back in 2008? Did he try to buy Mr Taylor’s silence in a bid to stop the whole story coming out?”
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Gary Gibbon
First Jacqui Smith, now Tom Watson is stepping down
Oops. There goes another one. Tom Watson, the Cabinet Office minister and one of the prime minister’s most trusted advisers, has told Gordon Brown that he wants to stand down from the government. He will stay on as an MP. Tom Watson is known as a blogger, former whip, a man who knows the Labour…