‘Reopening the Brexit debate would be a mistake’
If we were to rejoin, we would not be joining a progressive trading bloc, but one dominated by the hard right.
Brendan Chilton
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‘Outflanked on both sides: why Labour is losing touch with the economy’
Instead of trying to outflank Reform and the Greens, we need to think about policies that improve our ability to deliver for voters
‘To defeat Reform, Labour must re-root itself into its working class base’
Brendan Chilton and John Mills write that Labour must re-root itself in its working class base.
Labour is the party of work – and must become the natural party of business
Labour’s relationship with the business community over the past decade has been less than satisfactory. That much was evident in the description of some firms as "predators" under Ed Miliband and in polls showing that businesses were just…
Brexit is not an expression of hard-right politics
In a LabourList article last week, Clive Lewis described our leaving the European Union as a "hard-right Tory project". It is important to make one thing abundantly clear: there is no such thing as a hard-right Tory Brexit. There is just…
Brendan Chilton: In defence of Kate Hoey
The general public holds the political class as a whole in pretty low regard. But as individuals, the elite tend - on the whole - to be respected by their constituents. Kate Hoey is one of those politicians. She has held many different and…
Want to win back Scotland and keep Labour Leavers? The secret is fish
Ever since we joined the European Union, the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) has been a contentious issue for British ministers heading to Brussels. We’ve all read the articles about overfishing, discards and quotas. We’ve all seen our…
Millions of Labour leave voters will be deeply concerned by the new Brexit policy
Today Jeremy Corbyn developed the Labour Party’s policy on Brexit at a speech in Coventry. Jeremy used the speech to outline Labour’s new stance that it would seek to remain in a customs union with the European Union after we formally leave…
“Lexit is not a myth” – Labour Leave’s response to Open Britain report
Last month Open Britain (OB) published "Busting the Lexit Myths" to show that there really is no left-wing case for Brexit and that Jeremy Corbyn would face no EU limitations on implementing his favoured policies. They go on to argue that…
Brendan Chilton: If Labour tries over-turn Brexit it will lead to the biggest constitutional crisis in British history
The manifesto on which we all fought the 2017 general election was very clear, stating: "Labour accepts the referendum result." Brexit was the biggest issue in the general election and will continue to be so in British politics for at least…
The EU referendum showed that UKIP is now the biggest threat to Labour
For a long time now commentators and Labour figures have regularly remarked on the growing cultural and political distance between the Labour Party and the core Labour vote, particularly outside London. This fact was clearly demonstrated in…
Labour members should be allowed a proper debate on the EU referendum
The Labour Party is a democratic party that has always encouraged debate. Under our new Leader, almost every area of policy is being discussed in meetings up and down the land. But, as a leaked email revealed on Newsnight yesterday showed…