Labour’s real women issue

The Labour Party claims to be learning lessons from its crushing defeat in December’s general election. But are they the right ones?

While some have been moving through the stages of grief more slowly than others, the party has generally woken up to the reality that something’s gotta give. But it’s not yet obvious that the right lessons have been learned in the upper echelons of Labour – not even by some of the MPs putting themselves forward to be the next leader.

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