Could This Be the Green Party’s Second MP?
Aaron Bastani
The new co-leader wants to be ready for when ‘something snaps’.
Tag: Labour Party
Britain Prepares for Omicron
Omicron is here. Is Britain ready? Plus, we speak to Fatima Hassan in South Africa about how vaccine apartheid left us vulnerable to new variants.
Who’s More in Touch With Voters, Labour Members or Labour’s Leader?
Ell Folan
In opposing the left, Keir Starmer risks alienating the very voters he needs to win.
Dismantling Britain is One Thing. Dismantling Britishness is Another
Adam Ramsay
Tear it down and throw it in the harbour.
Ash Sarkar Meets Zarah Sultana. Downstream-on-Sea
At Labour Party Conference 2021 Ash Sarkar & Zarah Sultana MP shared fish and chips by Brighton Pier. They discussed why the Labour Party is so boring, being a muslim woman of colour on the left and trans rights amongst other things. Batter not miss it!
Starmer Rejects Corbyn Legacy in Conference Speech
Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial break down Keir Starmer’s conference speech.
Starmer’s Half-Hearted Power-Grab Has Weakened Him, Not That His Allies Care
Solomon Hughes
The Labour right has its eyes on a bigger prize.
Keir Starmer Rigs the Rules
Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar discuss Keir Starmer’s contempt for democracy and other conference news.
Labour Prepare for Battle in Brighton
Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar preview Labour Party Conference 2021.
Is Labour a Lost Cause for Socialists?
For five years socialists in Britain united under the project of electing a Labour government with Jeremy Corbyn as Prime Minister. Since that project failed, Labour has been taken over by a new leader who has stripped the party of ideology and is rigging the rules so that the left will never have influence again.
Revolt Against Starmer’s Anti-Democratic Leadership Rules
Starmer’s attempt to rig the rules for any future leadership challenge is facing a backlash from trade unions, party activists and left-wing MPs. We speak to NEC member Lara McNeil.
Starmer & Evans Prepare for Stitch up at Labour Conference
The first real Labour conference with Keir Starmer as leader will pitch party bosses against the left. Is there any hope of preventing a stitch up?
The National Insurance Hike is Class Warfare. Why Won’t Labour Say So?
James Meadway
Starmer doesn't need to declare himself literally a communist – just to make clear whose side he's on.
Workplace Struggles and Plans for Government Must Go Hand in Hand
James Meadway
Taking unions "back to the workplace" is a good thing - so long as national political demands don’t get left behind.
Labour’s Silence on Apsana Begum Shows How Morally Bankrupt the Party Has Become
Joshua Kelly and Sam Green
Forget racism and domestic violence, all Starmer seems to care about is ousting the left.
After Afghanistan, We Need a New Kind of Foreign Policy
Aaron Bastani
Suddenly the truth is no longer forbidden: of course you can’t bomb a country into democracy and freedom.
Starmer Tells Labour to Embrace Blair’s Legacy
In the latest of his perpetual relaunches, Keir Starmer has urged Labour members to embrace Tony Blair’s legacy. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.
Here’s What Really Happened When Labour Suspended Corbyn
Oliver Eagleton
It’s just as much of a shitshow as you thought.