Margaret Beckett: “If you want to be at the table, you have to be in politics”
One of the great joys in life is spending time with remarkable people who inspire you and give…
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Oppose PR? Then let’s hear your positive case for first-past-the-post
Whilst we don’t find John Spellar’s latest broadside against proportional representation (PR) convincing, we welcome his engagement with…
Which policy motions are being backed by groups for Labour conference 2021?
Motions are currently being submitted for Labour’s conference. The annual gathering, the first physical one since Keir Starmer…
Proportional representation? Bad tactics, bad strategy and bad for Britain
Australian Labor PM Paul Keating used to say that good policy is good politics. Since UK Labour’s battering…
“It’s time to pick a side”: Activists to “force” action on climate emergency
Green New Deal Rising activists have declared that they will “force” politicians to take action to prevent the…
Starmer demands “real action” as data shows 75,000 green jobs lost under Tories
Keir Starmer has called for “real action” and renewed his party’s demand for the government to provide rapid…
Exclusive: Workers should have ‘right to disconnect’, say 61% of Brits in new poll
A majority of UK adults support a law protecting the right not to respond to communications outside of…
Bring forward employment bill to deliver flexible working, Rayner tells Sunak
Angela Rayner has called on the government to bring forward its promised employment bill to enshrine the right…
What is Open Labour, the faction for those who claim not to be factional, for?
The point of internal Labour organisations is to influence the party’s policy or culture in a chosen direction.…
Westminster first-past-the-post elections “outdated anomaly”, campaigners say
Electoral reform campaigners have described the use of first-past-the-post in UK general elections as an “outdated anomaly” as…
