Paul Linford

I have, in the past, been a great admirer of Peter Hain . Up to about 2002/3 he was a strong progressive voice within government who was occ...

I suspect that "God forbid!" would be the answer of most Labour Party members to that question, but the current pressure on Harrie...

I was genuinely pleased for Harriet Harman when she won the Deputy Leadership yesterday - she was by no means the worst of the six candidate...

Okay, so we got it wrong. Most of the pundits who have followed Labour's deputy leadership election contest over the past few weeks wer...

Tom Watson has a good thread running today in which he asks his readers to list Labour's deputy leadership candidates in order of prefe...

The last time I carried out a Poll on Labour's deputy leadership earlier this year it produced the following result. Jon Cruddas 35% Hi...

My latest weekend column focuses on the deputy leadership race and what each of the potential outcomes could signify in terms of the Labour...

I'm not going to make a huge song and dance about it, but I've decided I will be supporting Jon Cruddas for Labour's deputy lead...

The last time I conducted a POLL on Labour's deputy leadership, it produced the following result from blog readers. Jon Cruddas 35% Hil...

For a long time I have believed that Jon Cruddas might be the secret Gordon Brown candidate in the Labour deputy leadership election, mainly...

With the Labour Deputy Leadership Contest now coming to the boil , there has been much talk over the last 24 hours of who will make the best...

The man himself continues to deny it, but speculation about a David Miliband challenge to Gordon Brown for the Labour leadership continues ...

Yesterday I penned a semi-light-hearted post about the candidates I would not be supporting in Labour's deputy leadership election - Al...

Last week, Alan Johnson's chances of Labour's deputy leadership took a distinct nosedive when it emerged that he has the backing of ...

Following on from yesterday's post about Hilary Benn, today's Times reports that Hazel Blears is to declare after all and she has a...

When Hilary Benn first entered the race for Labour's deputy leadership, there was near-universal agreement among the pundits that he had...

For the past four weeks I have been running a poll on this blog on Labour's Deputy Leadership election. The results are of course totall...

There was a time when Peter Hain and the late Robin Cook were close allies, soft-left political soulmates who had essentially reached an acc...

My ongoing, totally unscientific but possibly quite representative poll on Labour's deputy leadership shows Jon Cruddas leading the way...

Amid all the New Year predictions about the political year ahead, perhaps the most uncertainty surrounds the identity of John Prescott's...