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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…
Sadiq Khan must ditch the Silvertown Tunnel if he’s serious about the climate emergency
Image credit: Creative Commons, Centre for London The cancellation of a major urban road project – the M4 relief road in Newport, Wales – announced on 4 June, should embolden…
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…
An open letter to the labour movement: support the strike, don’t cross the climate picket line
On 15th March 2019, from Scotland to South Africa, an estimated million children and teenagers skipped school to participate in the global youth climate strikes. As the world’s youth gear…
Labour’s new energy policies show the party is taking climate justice seriously
Image credit: YouTube screengrab In just one week Labour have taken their ambitions on tackling the climate crisis to the next level. Bringing Energy Home, a new report outlining Labour’s…
Corbynism 2.0: Why Momentum backing a four day week is a big deal
Image credit: Creative Commons - Funk Dooby Momentum is getting behind a series of “radical and transformational” policies to be passed at this year’s Labour conference, including a Green New…
Labour won’t forge a Green New Deal alone
Image Credit: Creative Commons: Senate Democrats The launch of a grassroots Labour for a Green New Deal group is the latest exciting policy development to come out of the party.…