Notes from the front

Labour must approach 5 May elections with realistic expectations

The Labour Party is stepping up its campaign for May’s elections in London, Scotland, Wales and English local authorities. These will be the first major set of contests since Labour was defeated at the 2015 General Election.

Islamophobia whipped up as economy slows – Tories never change

Cameron is attacking Muslim Brotherhood to silence opponents of his foreign policy

On 17 December, the Tory government published a summary of the report of their review of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) carried out by Sir John Jenkins, ex-UK Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, and Charles Farr, Director General of the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism in the Home Office. The published part of the report reveals the obvious bias of the authors and the government that commissioned it following representations for its ‘allies’ in some Gulf states.

After Oldham – time for Corbyn to consolidate

In the aftermath of Labour’s landslide victory in the Oldham by-election on 3 December Jeremy Corbyn, his supporters and his team have the opportunity to consolidate their position.