Senior MEP Richard Howitt to quit Brussels for financial services job
Labour’s Richard Howitt will stand down as an MEP later this year to take up a role in…
Richard Howitt
We must remain firmly internationalist in the face of Brexit
The EU Referendum has produced a ‘Leave’ vote in most of my constituency and of the country. Politics…
When it comes to the referendum Labour must look at the big picture, not at the fine print
There is nothing the Labour Party more likes as a secret pleasure, than to pore over the minutiae…
“Principles of co-operation, of diversity, of Social Europe, of internationalism” – Full text of Richard Howitt MEP’s speech
Keynote Speech by Richard Howitt MEP, Labour Member of the European Parliament for the East of England and…
The fault line on Europe must indeed be with the Tories, not with British membership
In all of the media coverage since Jeremy Corbyn’s election as Labour leader, the Tory Eurosceptic press have…
Euroscepticism starts at Calais
Another “Europe means chaos” story means the current crisis over migrants at the Channel appears to be manna…
Brussels hustings: What do the deputy leadership candidates think about Europe?
Labour deputy leadership candidates took part in a hustings in the European Parliament with MEPs and staff yesterday.…
Hard lessons from the east – but time to love our activists
The front page headline on this weekend’s Cambridge News is “It’s not all blue,” recording Labour’s success…
How I took on The Telegraph and won
Labour in Europe, as at Westminster, is opposed to politicians taking second jobs. Being a Member of the…
It’s Ukip that offends working class sentiment
After this week’s Twitter row at the Rochester by-election, I am using my keynote speech to the Labour East Regional…
