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You may have read some commentary recently about a dastardly GMB plot to strip members of Progress, a faction operating within the Labour Party, of their party membership. Despite all the bluster, one thing is clear: there is no such move…
Us Brits are supposed to go all coy at the mere mention of the word. But I’m getting a bit sick of being told to stop talking about money. The latest effort, by Labour MP Gregg McClymont and academic Ben Jackson, calls on Labour to avoid “a…
“Osborne to cut paid holidays to boost growth.” It’s not too difficult to imagine that headline, given the current government. They have already proposed to help employers to sack workers, made it harder to take employers to tribunal and…
By Kieron Merrett There are times when you don't know where to begin. A group of 'thinkers' calling themselves Blue Labour is now calling for Labour to drop social and economic equality as its goals - on the grounds that this will help…
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By Kieron Merrett / @kieronam Carl Rowlands has a theory that the Co-operative movement was "effectively destroyed" in the 1980s, and what remains is being "propelled by a neo-liberal tidal wave." He is utterly wrong. But why is it that a…
