Opinion: Is There Any Point Staying in Labour?
by Andrew Scattergood & Gaya Sriskanthan
With local elections looming, Momentum’s co-chairs make the case for a strong Labour left.
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Opinion: Marxism or Methodism? For Labour’s Centrist Vanguard, It Was Neither
by Aaron Bastani
It’s often been said that the Labour party’s origins owe “more to Methodism than Marx”. Tom Watson and other ‘moderate’ former Labour MPs, however, are driven by nothing but egoism and self-promotion, argues Aaron Bastani.
Opinion: By Becoming Lobbyists, ‘Moderates’ Have Shown Why They Should Never Have Been Labour MPs
by Aaron Bastani
Last year a small coterie of Labour MPs quit the party to start the now-dissolved ‘Independent Group’. To understand the absence of moral fibre amongst Labour MPs before Jeremy Corbyn became party leader, we only need to look at what these figures are doing now, argues Aaron Bastani.
Opinion: We Must Not Let Centrists Use the Idea of Electability to Uphold the Status Quo
by Oliver Durose
The idea of electability is one of the most powerful tools to keep radicalism out of politics, argues Oliver Durose. Whether it’s Bernie Sanders, Jagmeet Singh or Jeremy Corbyn, politicians who move too far away from the centre are warned that they will alienate voters and gift elections to the other side.
Live: The European Elections Are a Complete Joke
Has Brexit broken the Tories? Will Change UK – The Independent Group get a graphic designer? Can Labour beat Farage? Michael Walker, Ash Sarkar and James Butler chat Euro-Elections tonight on #TyskySour.
On Foreign Policy, the Independent Group Will Offer Nothing But the Elite Consensus
by David Wearing
Last week the leading opposition parties issued a joint demand for the suspension of arms sales to Saudi Arabia in the context of the war in Yemen. The absence of the Independent Group from the list of signatories, however, signals that the self-styled party of ‘change’ will offer nothing but conformity to the status quo on foreign policy, argues David Wearing.