Category: Labour
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Is party politics beyond redemption?
When even the best Labour councillors are hamstrung by a dysfunctional Party and Yellow is yet another shade of Blue — then you find Greens are not necessarily good for you… I joined a proudly socialist CLP in 2016, when we all saw the Party moving to the left. I was Vice-Chair in the 2017…
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The biggest lie of all
Like many former Labour Party people, I went to see The Big Lie last weekend. It had already had two public showings in my town, and this was the third. I didn’t go to the first one because – well, I was a CLP officer when all this happened. I knew all too well what…
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It shouldn’t take courage to say so
Juemin Xu and Louise Irvine are standing for the Labour Women’s Committee this year. They are supported by the Labour Women’s Declaration, because their manifesto includes standing up for women’s right to speak about women’s legal rights. Go back a few years and say that, and I simply would not have believed you. Nevertheless here…
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Big lies and bad memories
All over the country, former Labour Party activists are filling halls and cinemas to watch Oh Jeremy Corbyn: The Big Lie. I’m not surprised. They were hurt, they were cheated, they were robbed, and it’s healing, to see your story told properly. I don’t seem to have gone along though. I was a CLP officer…
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Dear Labour Party, thank you!
Honestly, I never thought I’d need to write another “Dear Labour Party” blog and if I did, I certainly didn’t expect it to be a “thank you” but really, no-one has done as much to help publicize the disgraceful way the party “suits” spiked the Corbyn movement than the current Labour administration – first by…
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In which this feminist listens very carefully to socialists talking about anti-racism
***Long read for the weekend*** When I was a Labour Party officer, there was a real hunger for political education amongst Corbyn-supporting members, and my constituency party had a Political Education Officer who delivered. We had films, we had workshops and we had debates. We sent people to political conferences (not just the Labour Party…
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Is your bookshop hiding anything from you?
In the last few weeks, Hannah Barnes’ new book, Time to Think has been eagerly awaited. Anxious parents are concerned about schools being told to keep secrets from them, and about what their children are learning about sex and gender on TikTok. In political circles, the existence or otherwise of ‘innate gender identity’ is a…
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No such thing as “politically homeless” on this woman’s agenda
Gill Knight has been a political activist since she retired some 18 years ago, and the chaos that has been UK party politics in recent years has not had the power to change that at all. She was actively involved in anti-austerity, anti-benefit sanctions and housing campaigns with Unite Community before the Labour Party started…
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What we owe Harry
No, not that Harry … or that one, we owe this Harry… This is an article about how to save our NHS. For some years now, we’ve all seen the issuing of a crime number as a sign that the police don’t have the staff or the funds to actually pursue a crime. It seems…
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Imagine a different world
Imagine a health service where our top-quality, highly trained A&E nurses and medical practitioners are well paid, and have shorter working hours than average, because of the exceptionally high mental and physical demands of the job, and because we have plenty of them, and we value them all. Imagine a health service where consultants don’t…
Kay Green 