‘Labour’s 125th birthday: What would Keir Hardie think of today’s party?’
On this day in 1900, 129 delegates from trade unions and left-wing organisations gathered in London. They unanimously…
Keir Hardie
Cruddas book review: ‘Intriguing spin on party tradition, but a pamphlet would do’
Jon Cruddas has written a book. It’s titled A Century of Labour, and it aims to trace the…
‘100 years ago, Labour’s first government saw the first woman become a minister’
This year sees the centenary of the first Labour-led government, and the first government in which a woman…
Lloyd Russell-Moyle: We get it, Ian Austin – you don’t like Jeremy
It was in the chamber during a debate on the latest bombing of Syria that Ian Austin MP…
Why Labour should welcome RMT’s reaffiliation to the party
In the Labour Party’s history there are few events more important than the TUC decision, taken in September…
How religious socialism paved the way for Keir Hardie and today’s Labour Party
At this moment in our nation’s history, and as we are reconsidering our place in the world, the…
The only real progressive alliance is the Labour and trade union movement working together – Corbyn speech to TUC
This is the full text of Jeremy Corbyn’s speech to the Scottish TUC today. Comrades and friends, it’s…
Dan Jarvis: Poverty destroys childhoods – it is our mission to defeat it
Poverty is woven into the history of the Labour Party. Its eradication has long been central to our…
Neal Lawson: The pace of change demands Labour reinvents itself for the 21st century
The look and feel of an organisation reflects its view of the world and how it wants to…
Corbyn goes to the Ministry of Truth to deliver his “warts and all” verdict on the EU
“There’s nothing half-hearted about anything I do!” The line that won Jeremy Corbyn the biggest round of applause…
