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By Marie Birchall I joined the Labour Party precisely because I believed in its ambition of being a party for the many, not the few. But during the 12 years of my membership, I've come to realise that there is no magic bullet to ensuring…
Heidi Alexander, the new MP for the London seat of Lewisham East, tells LabourList why she's supporting Andy Burnham for Labour leader.
By Owen Evans Recently, I was fortunate enough to listen to Ed Miliband speak at a meeting of Labour Party members in Caerphilly, South Wales. He was treated to a definitive Welsh experience: it rained all day, the meeting was held in a…
By Jo Jewell As one of the younger members of the Labour Party, I grew up and became politically conscious under a government that reflected my own views and convictions in many of its policies. I came to accept that social justice and…
By Brian Duggan It's a truism to say that winning political parties are always the ones that best convince voters that they understand their lives and their needs. It follows though that the political parties that lose elections are often…
By Manuel Padovan / @MannyPadovan From the later part of my childhood, through my teens and into my early twenties, I relied on a Labour government. They rebuilt my local schools, they gave me the opportunity of attending college and then…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Fifty Young Labour members have today released a joint statement announcing their support for Oona King's Mayoral bid, which LabourList brings you here: "It is often said that Young Labour is the future of…
By Ian Robathan I'd been looking forward to the Birmingham hustings for the past week, since it appeared to me that Andy Burnham and Ed Balls upped their games in the media. I was looking forward to understanding who I would vote for and…
By Helen Godwin Since the general election the membership of the Labour Party has increased by thousands, albeit from an historically low base at the end of the last government. These new members do include some disaffected Liberal…
By David Taylor and the LCID team In the next few weeks, the Labour Campaign for International Development will be asking the leadership contenders about their priorities for international development, and we want you to pick the most…
By Mike Ion / @MikeIon For some weeks now I have been taking every opportunity I can to tell my fellow Labour party members why I want Ed Miliband to be the next leader of our movement. I was delighted when I heard that Ed had decided to…
By Graeme Smith / @graemesmith1978 I was the Lib Dem's parliamentary candidate for Loughborough in 2005, but I left the party in 2006 for 3 reasons. 1 - During the election campaign, I found that I could not argue against the record of the…
