Labour leader in Europe slams Tories for “extreme” new allies
Glenis Willmott, leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party, has written to Syed Kamall, the leader of the…
Immigration
The real truths of migration: a response to John Denham
The political debate on migration is emotive and rarely rooted in fact. So although I agree with John…
Despite the immigration talk, majority of LabourList readers back free movement of labour
In the aftermath of UKIP’s victory in the European elections, immigration has returned to the fore of the British…
Labour must distinguish between immigration and the immigrant
The Labour party no longer speaks for a segment of the electorate that were once its most dependable…
Why only Labour can achieve the immigration system we need
Britain’s success is built on the ideas and ingenuity of those who have come here from abroad. But…
This is what would be in Labour’s first Queen’s Speech
Today the coalition unveil their (rather meagre) Queen’s Speech. There are some large measures (pensions) and some laudable…
Weekly survey: free movement of labour, NHS funding and All-Women Shortlists
Seven Labour MPs have called for Miliband to support restrictions on the free movement of labour within the…
Home truths on migration
Let’s get Labour’s immigration debate back on track. Is it really true that a liberal approach to immigration…
Is Lynton Crosby destroying the Conservative Party?
At my hotel in Scotland last weekend I was served by a Russian, a Pole, and a Romanian,…
Is the Labour bubble incapable of having a grown up debate on the EU and immigration?
‘Ignored for years by a cosmopolitan, educated and progressive elite, they took a collective decision in the face…
