Analysis: Only the name has changed as Labour stumbles into another by-election crisis

Published Date: 22 September 2008 IT WAS early in July, the parliamentary recess was just starting and everybody was optimistic: it would be a long, sunny summer, we thought. Labour managers were also reasonably hopeful. They believed they had ridden through the worst of the Wendy Alexander donations saga and were planning an autumn relaunch to take the fight to the Tories and the SNP. Then Ms Alexander resigned... [read full story]