Comment Winning starts from within communities – and community organising is vital Sat in a cosy pub in Doncaster on a cold night in December 2019, I was struck by… Manuel Cortes 18th June, 2021, 8:12 am
Comment ‘Great British Railways’ is just a watered down rebrand of business as usual The government today released the much-anticipated Williams Review that outlined how it intends to fix rail. We expected… Manuel Cortes 20th May, 2021, 5:00 pm
Comment Britain must be bold – and listen to Gordon Brown in the Covid fight for jobs The Tories have spent decades in denial about the power and ability of our state to directly intervene… Manuel Cortes 22nd September, 2020, 4:00 pm
Comment Labour must turn up the volume. We can’t let these Tories off the hook I used to think that failing Chris Grayling was one of a kind – an aberration. But watching… Manuel Cortes 24th August, 2020, 12:10 pm
Comment TSSA is backing Keir for a Labour government set on public ownership of our railways The policy scope of the current Labour leadership contest is a tribute to how far our party has… Manuel Cortes 14th February, 2020, 12:00 pm
Comment Campaign diary: Manuel Cortes visits TSSA-backed candidates The first part of my LabourList campaign diary saw me visit Sutton and Cheam, then Ealing Central. Next,… Manuel Cortes 9th December, 2019, 6:40 pm
Comment Campaign diary: TSSA’s Manuel Cortes on the Labour doorstep Earlier this week, I was out canvassing in support of two fantastic comrades. Both are amazing women who… Manuel Cortes 29th November, 2019, 3:30 pm
Comment HS2 will help us build an economy for the many Doom-mongers and NIMBYs are out in force. Our poor excuse for a Prime Minister, Boris ‘piffle’ Johnson, has… Manuel Cortes 23rd August, 2019, 2:40 pm
Comment Labour’s new message must be ‘Building a Better Britain Without Brexit’ The European election results were grim for the Labour Party, and they come after local election results that… Manuel Cortes 29th May, 2019, 9:53 am
Comment With a confirmatory vote pledge, Labour will smash the European elections We are in Brexit extra time, and the European elections that should never have been are now a… Manuel Cortes 16th April, 2019, 3:41 pm