Cruddas slams Labour “Leninists” and claims party less liberal than Blair’s
Jon Cruddas has accused the Labour Party of “literally unprecedented” factionalism, claiming the right of the party are…
Corbynism
‘The Big Lie film: Glastonbury should not screen Corbyn conspiracy theories’
The documentary Oh Jeremy Corbyn: The Big Lie has been drawing sizeable crowds to ticket-only showings and is…
The Labour left can no longer afford to ignore Blue Labour
Of the many tragic missed opportunities over the last five years, the failure to build a political bridge…
It’s time to bust the ‘Brexit betrayal’ myth of the Labour left
In the aftermath of Labour’s 2019 general election defeat, there were two explanations ready to go. The first,…
The Labour left is deciding how to interact with the new leadership
Since taking charge of the Labour Party, new leader Keir Starmer has not focussed on making public statements…
Jeremy’s leadership was transformative – particularly on climate
Like hundreds of thousands of people, I joined the Labour Party in 2015 to vote for Jeremy Corbyn…
Brexit saw Corbyn’s Labour turn from radicalism to incoherence
Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell are figures unlike any other in Labour’s history. Brought to prominence by the…
Corbynism’s end calls into question the parliamentary road to socialism
When I first moved to Britain in 2014, I had a very rose-tinted vision of the country I…
What Corbynism could learn from France’s Mélenchon
“Qu’ils s’en aillent tous!” – Jean-Luc Mélenchon In the centrist imagination, “populism” is understood as a caustic, anti-democratic…
The Labour left divide is a two-way street
For three decades, I’ve been involved in organising the left in and around the Labour Party. For barely…
