To rebuild Labour’s broad electoral coalition, we need a renaissance
All successful political parties are a coalition. The Labour Party is no different. We have, for our 121-year…
Ruth Smeeth
The Left and the Jews, the Jews and the Left by David Cesarani – review
Few books start life as a private document unintended for wider circulation. Fewer still are commissioned by the…
Ruth Smeeth: Why I’m backing Ian Murray for deputy leader
I think it’s fair to say that being an activist in the Labour Party over the last four…
Ruth Smeeth: Back the Stamp and give our ceramics industry the protections it needs
If there is one thing we are known for in Stoke-on-Trent, it is pottery. I represent the birthplace…
Ruth Smeeth: Protect community banking to save the British high street
What do you think of when you think of a traditional British high street? You might picture the…
Ruth Smeeth: Today the chancellor must give Armed Forces the funds they deserve
Today is Budget day. And, if reports are to be believed, then the Tories might be preparing to…
Ruth Smeeth: We salute the working class unity that won the battle of Cable Street
They shall not pass. These words, which served as the rallying cry in the fight against Mosley’s…
Action not words – we need a genuine industrial strategy
In the last month we’ve seen the emergence of a new political consensus, or at least a new…
We owe it to women to win
I was born in 1979 at the opening curtain of 18 years of Tory rule. One of Thatcher’s…
The Government is sweeping Holiday Hunger under the carpet
Who will be making sure our poorest children eat this half term? One of the pleasures of being…
