Paul Linford

My preview of the political year 2015, first published in yesterday's Journal.   It is Thursday, December 31, 2015. The newly-elect...

Despite yesterday's fighting speech, Ed Miliband's personal unpopularity is dragging his party down and making the re-election of a ...

To kick off this week’s column, here are a couple of questions for political anoraks with long memories or people who were paying attention ...

As Sir John Chilcott's Inquiry into the war in Iraq continued to chip away at Tony Blair's historical reputation this week, another ...

Gordon Brown was always a party man at heart, and his decision to sacrifice himself in order to facilitate Labour's participation in a ...

Is the Home Secretary the big winner after two weeks of "grandstanding" by Harman and Mandelson? Here's today's Journal ...

Whoever ends up leading Labour into the election, the past seven days have shown where the power really now lies. Here's today's Jo...

Gordon Brown may have survived the Cabinet crisis and the Euro-elections debacle, but Alan Johnson is still in the driving seat to lead Labo...

Could Harriet Harman really become Prime Minister if Gordon Brown fell? Not if Labour wants to maximise its chances at the next election. H...

It's hard not to detect a pattern forming here....but full marks to the UK Daily Pundit who clearly knew something a good week or so bef...

If David Miliband is to become Labour leader, he will have to win it from the centre, not by surrounding himself with Blairite "ultras....

So where do the events of the last 24 hours leave us? David Miliband has set out his stall in what despite his protestations is a barely...

Last week I observed that one person who would be none too pleased if David Miliband threw his hat into the ring for the Labour leadership ...