The LabourList Political World Cup Guide – Second Round
Around three-quarters of matches of the World Cup have now, sadly, been played, as we leave the Group…
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The LabourList Political World Cup Guide – Group Stage
The World Cup brings with it a very serious problem. Over the course of the next month, there…
Walk on, with hope in your heart
Today our thoughts are first and foremost with the families of the victims of the Hillsborough disaster. Today will be…
Unless FIFA acts I’ll be forever ashamed of the game that I love
From its very first days back in 1930 football’s World Cup has attracted it’s causes and conundrums. There…
Forced labour in Qatar calls into question suitability of World Cup hosts
I have just returned from a fact finding mission to Qatar with construction workers union UCATT to look…
The Beautiful Game: Football, Race and Class
Today saw our first ever panel event, The Beautiful Game: Football, Race and Class. Check out what our…
Come and watch LabourList give ConHome a thrashing (we hope)
‘Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude.…
Putting values that matter at the centre of our national game
The football season just gone does not rank as one of the most exciting or successful for British…
Sir Alex Ferguson on Labour and the Tories
The news agenda for the day was meant to be all about the Queen’s Speech, but the retirement…
Modern football, like banking, has rotten values
I trace what became my own galloping disinterest in football to a conversation with a mate of mine…
