‘Tory leasehold reform won’t fix this feudal system – here’s how Labour can’
“An End to Feudalism” was the promise our party first made to leaseholders in 1995. It was the…
Barry Gardiner
‘Labour must be prepared to defend net zero – and fight a snap election’
Rishi Sunak has now fired the starting pistol for the November election. Not November 2024 – November 2023!…
‘Now is not the time for Labour to row back on its green prosperity plan’
The big news that year had been that Oasis might get back together for Glastonbury. In the end,…
Banning frontbenchers from pickets may harm Labour’s relationship with unions
“It’s not just a shame. It’s a huge historic amnesia.” That was what Barry Gardiner said to me…
Industrial action is the one real power the worker has. Labour must support it
I can hear them now. The Tolpuddle Martyrs, The Chartists, the Suffragettes, the Jarrow Marchers descending upon parliament…
With a united party and bold policy, we can beat the Tories at the next election
As political slogans go, it didn’t work out well for that nice man David Steel when he urged…
“Historic amnesia”: Barry Gardiner on Labour’s relationship with the unions
“We need to understand our roots,” Barry Gardiner tells me. I’m sitting across from him, chatting about Labour’s…
Illegal, immoral and unworkable – assessing the government’s Rwanda deal
It has been called illegal, immoral and unworkable. So what does the UK government Memorandum of Understanding with…
Asking what the Labour Party is for? Just look at the impact of my colleagues
Time was when it would have seemed strange – heretical even – for The Guardian to run an…
Where the government has got it badly wrong on the UK-Australia trade deal
G’day mate! When it comes to Australia, it seems the place just cannot stay out of the British…
