Author Archives: Chris Saltmarsh
What do Greens and the billionaire press have in common?
Monday morning began with some confusion for Labour activists as Barry Gardiner, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade, responded poorly when questioned about Labour’s decarbonisation plans on Radio…
Talking Brexit on the doorstep
This election is about far more than Brexit. The social fabric of this country and global climate stability is at stake. However, canvassing for Labour since the election was called,…
For the Many, not the billionaires
Labour has started its election campaign with a bang before parliament has even dissolved. The Tories' only story of note - despite themselves calling for the election - is Boris…
Climate change needs a socialist solution. That means voting Labour.
Social media is already awash with bogus tactical voting sites, before parliament has even dissolved for the 2019 General Election. These tools cynically push voters to support the Liberal Democrats…
5 radical policies Labour should include in its manifesto
Labour Conference 2019 demonstrated the ambition and organisation of Labour’s left-wing grassroots. Campaigns including Labour for a Green New Deal, Labour 4 Day Week and Abolish Eton all had their…
Building socialism: Political education for the many
The Labour Left’s annual political education extravaganza, The World Transformed, is back with a bang in 2019. For the fourth consecutive year, the festival is taking place alongside Labour Conference…
How should Labour approach Britain’s Trump?
Image credit: Andrew Parsons, Creative Commons The temptation to lump together Boris Johnson and Donald Trump as two sides of the same trans-atlantic political coin is understandable. Both are celebrity-politicians…
Only 5% of UK universities are taking investment in renewables seriously
Image credit: Creative Commons, Tom Corser People & Planet has revealed the universities leading the UK higher education sector in investment in renewable energy. The student activist network has published…
Never trust a COP: How the left should respond to COP26
Image credit: COP Paris, Creative Commons The UK will host COP26, the 26th round of the United Nations Climate Change Conferences, in November 2020. Jeremy Hunt is pleased. Buzzfeed reported…
6 reasons Tom Watson has to go
Image credit: Creative Commons: Rwendland Hackney South & Shoreditch Constituency Labour Party (CLP) have passed a motion calling on Tom Watson, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, to stand down…