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The climate crisis may be off the front pages but it remains the defining challenge of our time. In the last year, Europe saw potentially the worst drought for 500 years, Pakistan experienced unprecedented flooding affecting 33 million…
Seven months from now Britons across the country will go to the polls. This will be their first chance to pass judgement on the Tory mishandling of the pandemic and vent their anger over the coming recession. It will be their first…
It is far too early to say what politics will look like after the huge changes we are living through as a result of Covid-19 and the Black Lives Matter protests. A new politics will emerge – and when it does, Labour needs to understand its…
Labour has done an admirable job of not letting Brexit force an unnecessary division between its Leave and Remain supporters. Brexit cannot be dismissed as an unimportant issue given its potential impact on the economy (and therefore on…
This general election isn’t just about Brexit, but Brexit is the inescapable backdrop. Whatever the Tories say about their plans for the economy or public service, we know they’re walking into an election with a Brexit deal that commits to…
Brexit has always been a choice between three outcomes – hard Brexit, soft Brexit and no Brexit. No Brexit would keep things as they are, protecting jobs and industry, and soft Brexit would minimise damage to the economy and society, a hard…
As Brexit morphs into a no deal nightmare, with soft Brexit and Theresa May’s deal dead, it has become the biggest threat to the working people of the UK since World War Two. This is no joke. The Tory right know full well that freed from…
Campaigning to keep our EU membership is one of the most radical things you can do in politics right now. For those of us on the left, preventing Brexit is not about the status quo – it’s very simply the first step towards ending austerity…
When the history of Theresa May’s time in government is written, one constant will be front and centre: her hostility to immigration. When she was Home Secretary, her pledge to reduce immigration to tens of thousands was notable for never…
Theresa May’s latest statement, unusually, felt like a step forward. The Prime Minister who could never bring herself to compromise was suddenly in the mood to talk. Her invitation to Jeremy Corbyn was swiftly followed by briefings…
John Mann recently wrote in a piece for LabourList that Labour MPs pledged at the last election to respect the referendum result. He quoted the 2017 manifesto, which said: "We will prioritise jobs and living standards, build a close new…
The Tories are leading us to the national disaster of no deal, and they are too busy fighting each other to take responsibility. May’s deal is dead – the numbers don’t exist to make it happen. The EU27 have been very clear that there will…
