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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’s not party time yet
I had mixed feelings at the thought of going to hear Jeremy Corbyn speak during the May weekend. I was a committed, unconflicted Labour Party officer in 2017 and was delighted to be working for the election of a Labour Party that intended to answer to the nation’s most urgent needs. We were battling to…
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I hereby swear allegiance…
This is not a game. Do not do it, do not, DO NOT do it. It’s tricky stuff, allegiance. There are people who have allies, people who have friends and people who have comrades. Allegiance is the very worst of these. That bastard child of identity politics has brought “allyship” into politics where we used…
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Full on no-holds barred rant: THIS IS AN EMERGENCY
I didn’t think I had much shockability left at the way our current shameful crop of politicians have not just let our NHS slip away, but colluded in every stage of the ‘slash, trash and privatize’ project. As someone said last night, “we need to stop talking about how to save the NHS and start…
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The little-known story of being an immigrant
There aren’t many issues you don’t need to cover at a women’s conference. Most people know that women make up over half the population of our world, but surprisingly few realize the significance of being a woman trying to get along in a world designed by and for men. Few people realize how sex impacts…
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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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In honour of Diane Abbott
If tokenism worked, Diane Abbott would now be an honoured, senior politician: a figurehead, a hero – the first Black female MP to be elected to Westminster. What must it have been like, being the only Black woman in that hidebound, clique-driven institution? Yet she has served her constituency, being confidently re-elected every time, for…
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Slow-burn rebellion
Seen those complaints on social media that the people aren’t rebelling? They think we’re a nation of quitters, or that we’re all duped by the Tories or the fake opposition. Tell them we haven’t given up. Tell them to come on out and join in – there is so much going on lately. Got depressed…
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The Missing Link: Why they had to stamp out gay culture
Quick bit of background – skim on down to ‘Find the lady’ if you’ve been with us all the way: In 2019, I was one of many women trying to tell the Labour Party that it’s logically impossible to support gay and lesbian people if you’re going around telling lesbians that they must believe anyone…
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Kay Green 