Labour must not shirk from the challenge of standing up for decency
Another week and another low for Boris Johnson’s government. The desperate attempts from the Conservatives to traffic highly…
European convention on human rights
18 Labour peers break whip in bid to ban murder, torture, rape in ‘spycops’ bill
18 Labour peers have defied the whip to vote in favour of reinserting an amendment that would specifically…
The genocide amendment offers MPs the chance to define what the UK stands for
When a landslide majority government faces a rebellion that would potentially derail its post-Brexit legislative agenda, it is…
The history of the Human Rights Act, in conversation with Francesca Klug
Matthew Turner and I were recently joined by Professor Francesca Klug, a renowned human rights academic and member…
Lammy slams government review into Human Rights Act as “bonkers”
David Lammy has described as “bonkers” the decision by the government to launch a review of the Human…
Diane Abbott: An important day
Sign up to LabourList’s morning email for everything Labour, every weekday morning. The House of Commons does not…
Alison McGovern: There is nothing inherently progressive about refusing to intervene against murderous dictators
One of the reasons I find it hard to celebrate the new anti-establishment zeitgeist in Western politics is…
