Labour loses its first million of union funding – how much more will it lose?
When Ed Miliband announced his plans to change union affiliations to the Labour Party from from “opt out”…
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GMB slashes Labour Party affiliation fees from £1.2 million to £150,000
The GMB has announced this morning that as of January 1st 2014, they will be paying £150,000 a…
If we stand for the politics of “One Nation” – we cannot support Narendra Modi. An open letter to Iain McNicol
Dear Iain, As you can imagine, the invitation by Labour Friends of India to Narendra Modi to speak…
Finance nightmare haunts Labour
Such is the increasing unthinking, banality of much of the Metropolitan media, that two significant contributions to the…
The “Blairite conspiracy” narrative has not disappeared: it has just taken a breather
In “Voodoo Histories”, David Aaronovitch’s superb book on the tendency of our age towards conspiracy theories, he asserts…
5 things the Collins Review needs to get right on the Labour-Union link
Today Labour’s NEC are meeting, and Ed Miliband’s recent speech on Labour and the Union link are likely…
McCluskey to tell Durham Miners’ Gala “I am ready for reform”
Speaking at the Durham Miners’ Gala this afternoon, Unite General Secretary will give his backing for Ed Miliband’s…
Jonathan Ashworth to replace Tom Watson on Labour’s NEC
It’s still not quite a week since Tom Watson stepped down from the Shadow Cabinet – although it…
The left needs to initiate its own debate on delivering a mass party
Ed Miliband’s proposed changes to how trade union members relate to the Labour party may generate a lot…
If the union link ends, so might the Labour Party
There will have been a collective intake of breath across the Labour Party – and the trade unions…
