Labour took another crushing blow as it lost Copeland. It held Stoke-on-Trent Central but retaining both seats should never have been in doubt. Each crisis is met by a surge of anxiety and excuses. Then our party sinks back into inertia and continues a relentless slide toward electoral oblivion.
It need not be this way. There is an alternative. It is not a return to New Labour, nor collapse into electoral failure and recrimination. This essay sets out an alternative direction for Labour. It is not a policy programme. It invites a debate about how we renew our politics for a new generation and how we plan a new social and economic settlement for Britain. It is a route back to a Labour government that will create a more equal and fairer country.
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