Our local parties are dull. They must be reimagined
At the start of this year, I stood to be youth officer of my Constituency Labour Party (CLP).…
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The government departments creating a hostile environment with a culture of disbelief
It is National Windrush Day, marking the 72nd anniversary of the first big post-war migrants group arriving in…
There is hope to be found in the reasons for Labour’s 2019 defeat
It is far too early to say what politics will look like after the huge changes we are…
Momentum Renewal: The Labour left needs to focus on party branches
Over the past few years, Momentum has focused much of its energies into organising the left for the…
Who Labour lost in 2019 – and why
One of the most comprehensive public post-mortems of an election defeat ever has just been published. The 2019…
Labour Tenants United: Put the right to housing above landlord profits
Decades of piecemeal reforms in an unreformable private rented sector has created a complex and daunting market. With…
Come together, right now: a review
The government has officially given up on its coronavirus tracing app in yet another embarrassing U-turn that anyone…
An unappy ending – Ashworth’s Covid-19 update
We were promised a world-beating test and trace system with a shiny new app by June. Instead last…
Labour cannot be ‘Remain’ or ‘rejoin’ – but it must be internationalist
There can be little doubt that Labour has started to make political progress. Our leadership and party are…
Forward Momentum: Let’s have the courage to make the case for migrants’ rights
When the news came out that Dominic Cummings broke the lockdown to visit his wife and son, Tory…
