Richard Price, Leyton and Wanstead CLP reviews This Land: The Story of a Movement by Owen Jones. Allen Lane 352 pp £20 I first met Owen Jones in 2000, when aged 16 – preternaturally gifted and confident – he attended a couple of meetings I helped organise. Our paths crossed when he worked for John… Continue reading Nearly Man
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A new leader for Unison
By our Unison correspondent Ballots are open for Unison members to vote for a new General Secretary for their union between 28th October until 27th November, with the result due to be announced on 11th January next year. The outgoing General Secretary, Dave Prentis, has been in the role for 20 years, so the election… Continue reading A new leader for Unison
Time for UBI?
Helen Smith, Beaconsfield CLP, and David Wain, Hayes & Harlington CLP, look at the pros and cons of UBI. Universal Basic Income (UBI) means giving unconditional cash payments to all citizens whatever their income, either replacing or complimenting other targeted welfare benefits or tax allowances. Supporters of UBI argue that the policy is the most… Continue reading Time for UBI?
Plotters at it again in Scotland
Keith White, North East Fife CLP, looks at the disruptive behavior of Labour’s right wing in the run up to next year’s elections to the Scottish Parliament. At September’s Scottish Labour Executive (SEC) meeting, a motion of no confidence in leader Richard Leonard, signed by 10 committee members, was moved by Jenny Marra MSP and… Continue reading Plotters at it again in Scotland
To win real change
Former Shadow Home Secretary, Diane Abbott MP, considers the significance of the Black Lives Matter movement. The Black Lives Matter movement is an important political moment. It could be argued that it is the most significant intervention around the politics of race for a generation. Certainly it is at least as significant as the 1985… Continue reading To win real change
Winning Key Labour Party reforms
Barry Rodin, Orpington CLP, looks back to 1980 and winning key reforms in the Labour Party. It is 1980 and Blondie is top of the Charts with ‘The Tide Is High’. However, the political tide had turned against Labour, after six tumultuous years of high inflation, rising unemployment and wage restraint. This culminated in the… Continue reading Winning Key Labour Party reforms
Labour Briefing Co-operative 