Live: Back to Work
The government’s leaked “back-to-work” plans, the resignation of Labour’s General Secretary, and whether we should be concerned about Michael Gove’s bookshelf, discussed by Michael Walker, Aaron Bastani and Ash Sarkar.
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Report: Labour Official Who Undermined Party and Mocked Staff Was in Running for General Secretary Under Starmer
by Aaron Bastani
Exclusive: Emilie Oldknow, a former senior official at Labour HQ and a union executive, who plotted to undermine Jeremy Corbyn and called colleagues 'pube head' and 'smelly cow', was in the running for Labour's top job. Aaron Bastani reports.
Report: ‘It’s going to be a long night’ – How Members of Labour’s Senior Management Team Campaigned to Lose
by Aaron Bastani
A leaked report, seen by Novara Media, reveals the extent to which senior Labour figures sought to undermine their own party’s chances in the 2017 general election.
What Kind of Party Should Labour Be?
by Aaron Bastani
As Momentum’s Jon Lansman joins Unite the Union’s Jennie Formby in the race to become Labour’s next general secretary, what’s at stake isn’t policy or support for Jeremy Corbyn, but competing visions of how Labour should do politics.