Luke Akehurst: We had an election-winning “social movement” 20 years ago – it was called the Labour Party
Twenty years ago I was part of what would now be called a “social movement”. It grew out…
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Luke Akehurst: Do we choose survival or a descent into sectarian in-fighting?
This is a very strange leadership election. It isn’t really a choice about politics, but more one about…
Let’s scrap the registered supporters scheme: if you want to vote for the leader then you should simply join the party
Whoever wins, this has to be the last time Labour uses the disastrous Leadership election system brought in…
Luke Akehurst: NEC has closed loopholes that turned last year’s contest into a lop-sided stacking exercise
So now we know Jeremy Corbyn will be on the ballot to defend his position as Leader. By…
Luke Akehurst: NEC analysis shows Momentum thriving in unwinnable seats
There’s another internal election going on – for six seats on Labour’s national executive committee representing CLPs. These…
Luke Akehurst: We must recruit hundreds of thousands of mainstream members to defeat the far left
It has been a terrible few weeks for centre-left politics in the UK, with the horrific murder of…
Luke Akehurst: What do we do now? We keep the faith
I don’t know where to begin. Before Thursday last week politics felt vile enough already, with a referendum…
Luke Akehurst: Here’s how we can end the unfair practice of flipping addresses to secure NEC nominations
With British politics teetering on the edge of existential meltdown over the EU referendum, it’s somehow reassuring that…
We are one party for a reason – there should be no Labour split
I was disappointed to see Owen Jones’ article in the Guardian last week which floated the idea of a split…
Luke Akehurst: There is no moral obligation not to criticise Corbyn
The lengthy piece by Danny Dorling published last week deserves a detailed reply. He starts by saying: “It is…
