Our victory in Medway was years in the making. Here’s how we went about it
I am writing this from Labour-led Medway. Words I thought I would never write. But, as widely reported…
Campaigning
How Labour won the key local election battleground of Plymouth
Blearly eyed, after three hours sleep, I checked my phone to see a flurry of notifications from colleagues…
Every volunteer, every leaflet, every conversation brings us closer to No 10
By the time we got to polling day in the local elections earlier this year, Labour activists had…
“The Labour Party is on the road to Downing Street” – Mahmood’s speech
Below is the full text of the speech delivered to the Labour Party conference by national campaign coordinator…
Labour must wake up and change the way it campaigns, or continue losing
In 2015, I faced a new Tory candidate who presented himself in my constituency less than a year…
Labour members: some complain, others campaign
It’s a hard life being a Labour activist these days. After four lost general elections, it sometimes feels…
End the internal fights. Let’s focus on best practice
In May 2021, Labour will fight its first campaign since ‘that’ election one year ago. For most of…
New ‘Labour Society of Campaigners’ relaunches ‘Labour Organiser’
A group of ten Labour activists from across the movement have jointly launched the ‘Labour Society of Campaigners’…
Why Labour lost so many seats – and the candidates we need to win them back
The fall of many Labour seats in the so-called ‘Red Wall’ may have come as a shock to…
Coronavirus has changed how the labour movement organises. Let’s learn from it
Over the last few months, the labour movement has done some incredible things. The renewed emphasis on community…
