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Rebecca Long-Bailey has declared that any leader or Prime Minister must be prepared to "do anything it takes to ensure the people of this country are protected" – including use of the nuclear deterrent. The comments to the BBC followed the…
In the 2017 general election, former British Army Royal Signals officer Sarah Church added more than 5,000 votes to the previous Labour share in South Swindon. Gaining half as many again this year would see her beat Conservative Justice…
As the North Atlantic Alliance gathers in London this week, it is important to remember what it has achieved. Over seven decades, NATO members have enjoyed peace and prosperity – breaking from a past that witnessed the two world wars claim…
“My son, Jack, who was killed in this attack, would not wish his death to be used as the pretext for more draconian sentences or for detaining people unnecessarily,” David Merritt said on Saturday. The father offered this statement as Boris…
If you checked out from political news over the weekend, or spent the last few days knocking on doors in key target seats, there is a lot of catching up to do. New Labour candidates were selected by panels to replace retiring or defected…
One part of the homelessness crisis that has had very little attention is the number of veterans sleeping rough. Most of the victims of the government’s austerity crackdown have few friends in right-wing circles but veterans, usually from a…
Most of the Labour Party is talking about Chris Williamson, the MP who was suspended over comments about antisemitism in March and readmitted by a three-member national executive committee (NEC) panel yesterday. Although it was recommended…
This week, Jeremy Corbyn chose to focus on the policy area that interests him most – foreign affairs. It was particularly appropriate as opposition members all wore a #FreeNazanin badge. The former Stop the War Coalition chair took the…
An open letter demanding the resignation of Labour's defence spokesperson Nia Griffith has reached almost 1,500 signatures, after the opposition frontbencher tweeted apparently in support of government proposals to grant veterans immunity…
The crucial preparatory work ahead of the 2020 review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) drew to a close at the end of last week. 2020 will mark the 50th anniversary of the NPT, which came into force in 1970, and it is the only…
Following the news that Gavin Williamson has been sacked as Defence Secretary over the Huawei leak, Labour is calling for a police investigation and has pointed out that the Tory civil war may have put national security at risk. Although…
Nia Griffith today denounced Labour activist Aaron Bastani's comments on the poppy appeal and called on him to retract them. Earlier this week, Bastani said the poppy appeal was "grotesque", "racist" and "white supremacist". His video and…
