The Leadership Contest

As we finally stagger towards the two-thirds mark in an internal election that has taken twice as long as the national one, David Fish has drawn my attention to several interesting recent articles in the New Statesman.

First, Peter Wilby's column from July 30 has a bit of a pop at Harriet and a non-knee-jerk response to rise of Jeremy Corbyn.

Next, Helen Lewis on the dangers of over-reliance on social media.  And finally Mary Creagh MP (who, if I can remember that far back, was once briefly a candidate) on the sudden 'toxicity' of the middle ground.

Many thanks, David.

Items of note

David F has sent me notes from November's meeting of Warwickshire Fabians - former Health Minister Mike O'Brien on the NHS.  You can access the page by clicking on the title in the Pages section on the right.

Also sent by David, a link to a fascinating New Statesman on Paul Dacre, the Mail editor who hates Labour so much that he hyperbolises diary entries by the late Ralph Miliband.  If you haven't already seen it, you can access it by clicking here.