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Editor's Note: Recently, Labour activist (and LabourList columnist) Emma Burnell, and Lib Dem activist (and blogger) Mark Thompson have been exchanging letters in response to Alex Hilton's "Losing Faith" post on LabourList two weeks ago…
Dear Gus Thank you for your note following up on the fairer internships pledge I signed last summer â€" and thank you for all the work you are doing through Intern Aware to promote fairer internships in Westminster and beyond. Politics will…
The next instalment in a series of articles profiling rising young stars in the Labour Party. Luke Pearce visits the office of Aaron Porter, NUS President for 2010-11. It's been one tumble dryer of a year for Aaron Porter. Comfortably…
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The second instalment in a series of articles profiling rising young stars in the Labour Party. Luke Pearce shares a drink with Adrian Prandle, a Young Fabian committee stalwart for many years and recently elected the Chair for 2010-11. I…
Over the next few Saturdays we'll be running a series of articles profiling rising young stars in the Labour Party. Luke Pearce took coffee with Susan Nash, shortly before her election victory as the new National Chair of Young Labour for…
Kathryn Perera's History of Labour Women It's tricky to write a portrait of Mo Mowlam (1949-2005) in a few hundred words, when so many millions of people feel they knew her personally. Indeed, it is this quality which lingers after wordy…
Kathryn Perera's History of Labour Women In her wonderful biography of Jennie Lee, Patricia Hollis recounts an anecdote that neatly captures the character of Dr Edith Summerskill (1901-1980), one of Labour's longest-serving female MPs. The…
Kathryn Perera's History of Labour Women Barbara Ayrton Gould (1886-1950) may seem an unusual choice of Labour woman to profile. I've chosen her for two reasons. First, her early life was full of drama and spanned the most important…
Kathryn Perera's History of Labour Women In the Poplar area of London, a school now sits on land which was scarred by several large bombs during the Second World War. It was the first building to be reconstructed as part of the 'Live…
Kathryn Perera's History of Labour Women In the history of the Labour movement, there are shining stars and hard grafters. Mary MacArthur (1880-1921) was both. By the time of her premature death, she had organised more than 300,000 women…
Kathryn Perera's History of Labour Women It's a tough gig to summarise the contribution of Beatrice Webb (1858-1943) to the Labour movement in a few words. A list of her accomplishments - some achieved alone, most achieved in partnership…
