Richard Johnson

Richard Johnson is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at Queen Mary University of London.

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Rachel Reeves peddles reheated Osbornism on China visit Labour must lean on Brexit, not Beijing, for economic growth

Richard Johnson

14 Jan 2025

Why is Keir Starmer comparing himself to Clement Attlee? Unlike post-war Labour, the current government's foreign policy vision is hollow

Richard Johnson

03 Dec 2024

Keir Starmer can learn from Harold Wilson’s disastrous start Six decades ago, another Labour PM recovered from a rocky introduction to power

Richard Johnson

30 Oct 2024

Labour is underestimating the Green threat Keir Starmer risks driving Left-liberal voters away

Richard Johnson

15 Oct 2024

Keir Starmer is right to deprive members of leadership vote Party stability can only be maintained by giving MPs more say than supporters

Richard Johnson

29 Aug 2024

Could Jeremy Corbyn’s independent group threaten Labour? The MP wants to challenge the party from the Left

Richard Johnson

11 Aug 2024

How Left-wing is Labour’s manifesto? Keir Starmer is taking all his cues from 1997

Richard Johnson

14 Jun 2024

Faiza Shaheen’s resignation exposes Starmer’s fragility Freezing out Left-wingers is not the behaviour of a self-confident leader

Richard Johnson

05 Jun 2024

Jeremy Corbyn is still a major threat to Keir Starmer Labour may come to regret exiling its former leader

Richard Johnson

27 May 2024

Keir Starmer has boxed himself in on Rwanda What if Rishi Sunak's scheme actually works?

Richard Johnson

11 May 2024

Joe Biden has learnt the wrong lessons from 1968 He risks repeating the mistakes of Democratic candidate Hubert Humphrey

Richard Johnson

05 May 2024

Departing Left-wingers will push Labour to the Right Those leaving the party will struggle to change it from the outside

Richard Johnson

02 Apr 2024

Can Jeremy Corbyn win as an independent? History shows that Labour exiles can still hold seats

Richard Johnson

18 Mar 2024

Is Joe Biden worried about civil war? Three years on, Jan 6 is not the only insurrection on the President's mind

Richard Johnson

05 Jan 2024

The tragic death of Labour Zionism

Richard Johnson

01 Nov 2023

Will Muslim voters turn on Keir Starmer? The Labour leader's staunchly pro-Israel stance could alienate a key voting bloc

Richard Johnson

25 Oct 2023

Why Labour shouldn’t do deals with other parties Keir Starmer was right to expel Neal Lawson

Richard Johnson

04 Jul 2023

Caroline Lucas: the Eurosceptic who became an arch-Remainer The MP has called it quits on a career that contained multitudes

Richard Johnson

08 Jun 2023

Defund the police candidate sweeps Chicago Brandon Johnson's narrow victory highlights the lack of Democrat consensus

Richard Johnson

05 Apr 2023

Keir Starmer’s ‘missions’ could lead to his undoing The Labour leader is refusing to tackle issues that voters care about

Richard Johnson

23 Feb 2023

Starmer will regret purging Corbyn

Richard Johnson

22 Feb 2023

Labour’s lost love for Leave

Richard Johnson

01 Feb 2023

The Tories are about to strike out

Richard Johnson

24 Jan 2023

Keir Starmer tries to shake off Corbynite baggage at Davos The Labour leader's panel did not go as planned

Richard Johnson

20 Jan 2023

Starmer can’t afford to be Blair

Richard Johnson

01 Aug 2022

The socialist case for monarchy Removing the Queen would not help the Left's radical agenda

Richard Johnson

01 Jun 2022

Will Russia drop a nuclear bomb?

Richard Johnson

16 Mar 2022

The paradox of black Chicago

Richard Johnson

17 Dec 2021

When Labour believed in Brexit

Richard Johnson

03 Sep 2021