Comment I followed the whip on Brexit in good faith. But our frontbenchers didn’t As a backbencher, I face no consequences for my position in the party if I break the whip.… Alex Sobel 2nd April, 2019, 2:15 pm
Comment May’s deal is the worst of all worlds. We must again reject it decisively This is a crucial week for the country, the economy and for the Labour Party. Theresa May’s withdrawal… David Lammy, Anna McMorrin, Alex Sobel, Jo Stevens & Paul Williams 11th March, 2019, 11:00 am
Comment When markets fail, we bail them out or take ownership. But there’s another way In Marx’s seminal work Wages and Capital, he describes the economic relationship between the capitalist (owner of productive capital)… Alex Sobel 22nd February, 2019, 6:30 am
News Calls grow for an emergency Labour conference on Brexit Soft-left activist group Open Labour has today joined calls for the Labour Party to hold an emergency conference… Sienna Rodgers 13th December, 2018, 2:18 pm
News “We’re impatient for change”: the latest intake of Labour MPs fighting to modernise parliament Today a group of Labour MPs elected in 2017 are calling for sweeping parliamentary reforms that would see… Sienna Rodgers 12th September, 2018, 9:47 am
News John McDonnell set to headline Open Labour conference John McDonnell will be given top billing at soft left group Open Labour’s conference later this month. Held on… Sienna Rodgers 4th June, 2018, 8:12 am
News Open Labour conference today headlined by Rayner, Nandy and new MPs Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner and former frontbencher Lisa Nandy are give top-billing at today’s Open Labour conference.… Emma Bean 24th June, 2017, 10:21 am
Comment Permission to speak As a recovering Parliamentary Candidate I have many narratives about the election, many explanations about why we didn’t… Alex Sobel 7th June, 2015, 3:16 pm
News 75% of Labour PPCs want Trident gone, poll finds 75% of Labour PPCs want to see Trident scrapped, according to information collected by the Campaign for Nuclear… 3rd March, 2015, 2:12 pm