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NEC Statement from Restoration: ‘Restore the industrial base, party bonds and integrity’
Today, LabourList are running op-eds from the four slates running candidates for Labour’s National Executive Committee. We will continue to engage with candidates across the party so members can hear from slates and individuals. If you are an independent candidate (not on a slate) and have five CLP nominations please get in touch. We are writing this in the week of the Makerfield by-election.
Fundraising Dinner with Margaret Mullane PPC and Jon Cruddas MP
Join Margaret Mullane PPC and Jon Cruddas MP, at local Turkish restaurant Kusadasi Taverna, for a fun evening to support her campaign. Kusadasi Taverna 90a Rainham Road London RM13 7RJ United Kingdom Refund Policy Contact the organiser to request a refund. Eventbrite's fee is nonrefundable.
Labour must marry up green ambitions with the economic needs of the country – LabourList
‘Jobs, jobs, jobs’ seems to have become the 1997-esque Labour Party mantra of the Covid era. The economic impact of the pandemic has left more than 500,000 young people out of work and nearly two million working age people unemployed nationally, so the broad message is on point. That said, ‘jobs, jobs, jobs’ can’t mean a new supermarket for every town or an entirely digital future, which I fear would produce an economy built on sand.
Long-Bailey: “Let’s build a movement to hit the 2030 climate target”
Leadership candidate Rebecca Long-Bailey is set to call for Labour to “build a broad, progressive movement” – and aim to reach its ambitious 2030 climate target while in opposition. The Shadow Business Secretary, who led on the formation of UK Labour’s ‘green new deal’ policy in the run-up to the 2019 general election, will urge the party to “think outside the box, put aside tribalism and work with everyone” to tackle the climate crisis.
Labour Campaign for International Development backs Rosena Allin-Khan
The Labour Campaign for International Development has announced that it is “proud” to be nominating Rosena Allin-Khan as a Labour deputy leadership candidate today.
How Labour held the key Tory target of Dagenham and Rainham – LabourList
I felt I should write this before the bandwagon rolled through town and everyone started talking about how they saved Dagenham and Rainham. From day one, we were told in no uncertain terms that we would not be receiving wider support – despite being a key Tory target. We ran the entirety of the campaign on a shoestring and, until the last week, with a very diminished team from previous years.
The Lost Words for Barking and Dagenham Schools
The Lost Words and Teaching Resources for Barking and Dagenham My vision is to deliver The Lost Words with teaching resources from the John Muir Trust to every primary and SEND school across Barking and Dagenham. Support our campaign and help rewild childhood, bringing nature to the hearts of local children. Why am I doing this?
Democracy trumps despotism
The best protection against tyranny is informed, engaged citizens, believes Darren Hughes It is something of a cliché to note that Britain’s constitution was built on gradualism and minor reforms over the centuries – minus the civil war of course. But it can be as much of a cliché to blame our democratic flaws on the lack of a fully-codified constitution. The freedoms and democratic rights we enjoy are fragile. But it is not because they are not all contained in one document.
The centre cannot hold
With the Bavarian state elections fast approaching – there is bad news for progressives. The collapse of Germany’s centre-ground and the rise of the far-right looks set to continue, warns Penny Bochum Since the Christian Democratic Union and its conservative Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union, went into a shaky coalition with the reluctant Social Democratic party following the 2017 election, their poll numbers have been in free-fall.
BAME Voices for Progress
I was born and raised here in London where I live with my wife and family. My father came from Nigeria. My mother, half English and half Irish, hails from Sussex. In some senses, my family’s story is a modern British story. My father was 23 when he arrived in 1964 from Nigeria. He had one suitcase and no money. He found a job as a cook in south London, then worked in a car wash. He was ambitious. He saved his money. He took an accountancy course and then he built his own import-export business.
Tories steamroll Northamptonshire councils
The Tories dismantling of Northamptonshire councils demonstrates a contempt for local democracy, argues Sally Keeble As an exercise in political thuggery, there’s not much to match the abolition of all the councils in Northamptonshire. With the Tories’ national attention focussed on Brexit splits, and Labour’s on our internal rows, the seven Conservative local authorities in the county lined up this summer to vote to scrap themselves.
Bannon at the border
To beat Bannon’s far-right project, the left must embrace internationalism, writes Sam Bright The British far-right is back – at least as a subject of political conversations. To many, the release of Tommy Robinson from prison and Boris Johnson’s bigoted barb about the niqab indicate that the far-right is now a renewed political threat. In response, shadow chancellor John McDonnell and others have called for a new grassroots anti-fascist movement to push back the far-right on every street corner.
The future of Labour campaigning
Robin Wilde on winning in a world where digital is standard Those of us who work in the engine room of politics – in Westminster, in constituency offices, or as officers in our local parties – don’t live glamorous lives. Our day to day work consists of ignored emails about the CLP barbecue, and Facebook appeals to leaflet a huge estate in the rain, behind which lies a quiet battle between exasperated officials and the software they use.
Episode 45: Getting women into power
Since 1997, the number of women councillors in the country has barely risen, falling far behind the proportion of female MPs. How do we improve that? Conor Pope asks Katie Curtis and leader of Waltham Forest Clare Coghill. They also discuss what new polling means for the debate around Brexit. Progressive centre-ground Labour politics does not come for free. It takes time, commitment and money to build a fight against the forces of conservatism.
Why Boris Johnson is far from a harmless buffoon
Fighting the far-right means fighting racist speech wherever we find it, writes Rania Ramli Far from the harmless buffoon portrayed in the media, Boris Johnson is a dangerous threat to many of the values that we hold dear. Whether it’s a normalisation of attacks on Muslim women, a perpetuation of the gendered Islamophobia that is becoming ever more common, or discrimination in employment, his words have consequences.
How we can beat the far right
Labour cannot waste this opportunity to reconnect with communities, argues Andrew Achilleos Since Brexit we have seen the collapse of far right political parties with the demise of the United Kingdom independence party, yet we have seen a rise in far right populism with characters such as Tommy Robinson tapping into the unchecked frustrations in our communities. Taking the politics out of it and sidestepping the economic fears surrounding Brexit, we have actually been handed a unique opportunity.
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