As we bury the Queen, now is the time to ask: what do we expect from the state?
On Westminster Bridge the other night, Australia’s ABC channel reporter Barbara Miller was looking for someone to do…
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Why Labour for a Green New Deal’s motion must be given a hearing
This is getting silly now. For the second year in a row, Labour’s conference arrangements committee is attempting…
The death of Queen Elizabeth is being used to delegitimise republicanism
You would imagine from the media saturation and the prostration of the politicians that it is not only…
MPs to consider motion cutting short conference season parliamentary recess
Parliament is scheduled to resume next Wednesday, two days after the Queen’s funeral. Kwasi Kwarteng is then expected…
The royal succession is designed to stifle debate – just when it is most needed
Keir Starmer has warned protesters who favour a new head of state based on merit as determined by…
Young people deserve far better than what Truss and the Tories have to offer
An entire generation has been failed by three Tory Prime Ministers. Will the fourth be any better? Liz…
Countdown to conference: motions deadline and LabourList events schedule
It is now just ten days until Labour conference kicks off in Liverpool. The deadline to submit motions…
Now, as we usher in a new King, is when people must be allowed to voice dissent
Free speech cannot only be a respected British tradition when everyone agrees with what’s being said – obviously.…
The Tories must treat the cost-of-living crisis with the same urgency as Covid
Birmingham City Council was one of the first to float the idea of operating ‘warm banks’ across our…
Review: Blue Labour, The Politics of the Common Good by Maurice Glasman
I was somewhat surprised to realise that Maurice Glasman, who founded Blue Labour in 2009 had not, in…
