‘Barking was like the Red Wall’: Margaret Hodge on the lessons for fighting Reform from beating the BNP 15 years ago today
On an otherwise disappointing night 15 years ago, Labour activists celebrated in east London as the British National…
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Baroness Hodge urges government to ‘change the discourse’ on immigration amid Reform surge
Labour peer Margaret Hodge has called on the government to “change the discourse” around immigration in the face…
The battle for Barking – ten years on
Ten years ago today, the BNP and their vile leader Nick Griffin became nothing more than a footnote…
Let’s remember the role Labour activists played in beating the BNP
The first time I ever voted, the BNP (remember them?) received just shy of a million votes, and…
To defeat UKIP we need to look to the GMB, not anti-fascist campaigns
It was only when I arrived in the UK that I became politically active. The first step was…
Labour need a new slogan. How about: ‘Devolution Works’?
Labour did well in the local elections and although no one thinks victory next year is inevitable, there…
How some of Cameron’s MEPs voted with the BNP and against women’s rights
Yesterday some of David Cameron’s MEPs voted with the BNP and against women’s rights, shouting down and bullying…
Simon Danczuk should apologise for comparing the Left to racists and fascists
With Ed Miliband’s speech on the Labour/union link dominating everything yesterday, a few stories passed me by –…
Yvette Cooper attacks “hatred and racism” of EDL and BNP, and urges them not to march
In a statement this evening, Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said: “Across the country we have seen great…
Immigration – Are we ready to go through this again?
In an almost hilariously delusional article earlier this month (entitled ‘Labour in Manchester didn’t cut it for working…
