Our winner-takes-all voting system is locking unions and workers out of power
Today, International Workers’ Memorial Day, is a fitting moment to reflect on those who have lost their lives…
Nancy Platts
Democracy is in retreat here in the UK. How should Labour respond?
This piece is based on the introduction to a new book from Open Labour and Politics for the…
Our 2019 battle: stopping Tory voter suppression plans
This may come as a surprise. Behind the chaos of Brexit, the Tories have actually been moving forward…
Corbyn’s conference speech showed we must build a real democracy
Jeremy Corbyn’s speech on Wednesday centred around a new theme for the Labour party: building a real democracy. The…
It’s time for a Democracy Review that looks outside the Labour tent
A curious thing is happening: Labour is talking about democracy more than we have done in years. The…
Westminster’s broken voting system is failing workers – and the Labour Party
As trade unionists, we know the rules of the game are rigged against workers. That’s no less the…
5 reasons Labour won 67% of the vote in the East Brighton by-election
Even though I had watched the ballot papers pile up in my tray at the count, I was…
The rise of the disposable employee
This article is from Our Labour, Our Communities – a pamphlet of 10 essays by Labour PPCs, published by LabourList…
Cameron and Clegg don’t understand how vital the NHS is to most people – but we do
We didn’t believe David Cameron’s promise in 2010 not to cut funding to the NHS. And nearly five…
