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John Mcternan

John Mcternan

The Guardian

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Tackling poverty will be the litmus test of Labour’s appetite for change

The government must not allow its commitment to fiscal probity to become rigid dogma

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Financial Times

John Mcternan

Why Labour MPs shouldn’t call themselves socialists

(Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) Labour is not, and has never been, a socialist party. It is a social democratic party whose mission is to save...

31.05.2024 20

City A.M.

John Mcternan

Diane Abbott has been treated abysmally

Diane Abbott should be allowed to stand as a Labour MP at this election. It is a relief that she has belatedly had the Labour whip returned to her...

29.05.2024 30

The Spectator

John Mcternan

What should Labour learn from Sadiq Khan? Take a stand – and don’t back down

Maybe it’s because I’m a Londoner, but I never doubted that Sadiq Khan would win re-election as the city’s mayor – even when rumours of a...

10.05.2024 90

The Guardian

John Mcternan

Starmer shouldn’t hesitate to use powers the Tories will leave behind

Ministerial authority entrenched by the current administration gives Labour an opportunity

11.04.2024 20

Financial Times

John Mcternan

Can Starmer control 450 unruly MPs?

It doesn’t matter how loyal a candidate is. Once elected, all MPs (to a greater or lesser extent) conclude they have won their seat because of their...

04.04.2024 40

The Spectator

John Mcternan

Labour has one big spending plan, and it is making a hash of it. It must communicate better than this

Time for a change is the most potent slogan in politics. It can, as Jim Callaghan observed in 1979, be irresistible: “There are times, perhaps once...

31.01.2024 30

The Guardian

John Mcternan

Starmer's path to power A word to the wise, Keir Starmer: whoever advised you to praise Thatcher got it wrong

The Labour party’s relentless pursuit of Tory switchers is in danger of backfiring badly. Keir Starmer’s praise of Margaret Thatcher in the Sunday...

04.12.2023 100

The Guardian

John Mcternan

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