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
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
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
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Over 400 migrants and asylum seekers attempted self-harm while held in detention in 2017 - the highest recorded number since government started to keep statistics in 2007. Published figures reveal there were 446 attempts at self harm in detention last year with at least 10 confirmed suicides. The Home Office often fails to publicise deaths… Continue reading Immigration detention
Rachel Garnham CLP representative on Labour's National Executive Since my election to Labour’s National Executive Committee in January 2018, I have found being an NEC member somewhat frustrating but with much room for optimism. The day after my election I attended a meeting of the Equalities Committee, Disputes Panel and Organisation Committee – in at… Continue reading A View from the NEC
