‘We’ll never out-Farage Farage on migration – and it’d be wrong to try’
Since Labour rode to victory at the last general election, with broad but shallow support, on the back…
Hope Not Hate
‘Reform UK is attracting a coalition of pessimistic voters – Labour must be the party of action’
Reform UK’s support is growing. Over the last few weeks in polls from YouGov, More in Common, and…
‘The Bibby Stockholm barge is a crisis of the government’s own making – and it’s encouraging the far right’
The government’s ‘Small Boats Week’ began with the first asylum seekers boarding the Bibby Stockholm barge in Portland,…
Labour MP denounces ITV for making drama series about plot to murder her
Labour’s Rosie Cooper has denounced ITV for using her as a “marketing tool” after the broadcaster made a…
From Westminster to the grassroots, let’s take a stand against hate in 2021
At the beginning of the year, HOPE not hate warned that the far right and fascism was now…
Labour: “Not surprising” that 47% of Tories think Islam is a threat to UK
Labour has said it is “not surprising” that a new HOPE not hate poll shows 47% of Conservative…
Resilient towns must be at the heart of our post-pandemic recovery
At the heart of my Aberavon constituency sits Port Talbot, a genuinely welcoming seaside town in South Wales…
Closing our eyes to racism against one group only emboldens racism against us all
This was delivered as a speech in the recent Commons debate on modern antisemitism. For me, this debate…
The Brexit clock is ticking. We must bridge our divides
It’s not breaking news to say that Brexit has divided us as a nation. The referendum campaign was…
The anti-Semites are ‘weaponising’ this issue, not us, says MP Ruth Smeeth
A prominent Labour backbencher has pledged to speak to Jeremy Corbyn about Chris Williamson’s controversial claim that incidents…
