Second faction launched within Momentum to contest National Coordinating Group elections
Last week, Momentum Organisers was launched - a group within the left faction of the Labour Party - Momentum. Momentum Organisers was set up with a commitment to bring an…
Labour should recognise that ‘red wall’ voters want more action and control over the economy – not less
Survation has spent the past few weeks running a series of polling of seats in the ‘red wall’, those 44 constituencies in the north of England and Midlands won by…
New group launched within Momentum pledging to bring an “organising agenda” to the National Coordinating Group
Throughout June and July, members of Momentum - the left wing faction of the Labour Party - will vote to elect a new National Coordinating Group (NCG). The NCG is…
Greens making the case for progressive cross-party collaboration
The Compass Greens Network wants to help the Green Party achieve much greater political influence in the UK. We formed shortly after the 2019 general election to host an open…
Tackling antisemitism requires abolishing the political structures that produce it
In biblical Jewish culture, at Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), the sins of the community were placed on a goat. This goat, the scapegoat, was then cast out, left…
Green politics is class politics
I’ve seen several tweets recently, by socialist activists on Twitter that I have a lot of time for, bemoan the fact that Labour are being outflanked on a variety of…
Greens must stick to the radicalism these times demand
The last few years have been a dizzying time for Green Party members. For most of the 2010s we took up the lonely role of opposing the ruinous austerity policy…
What does Keir Starmer’s leadership mean for the Greens?
Image credit: Chatham House - Creative Commons There’s been a fairly mixed reaction to Keir Starmer’s recent election as leader of the Labour Party - pro-European Labour supporters are relieved…
The great desertion of renters
Picture of to let signs. Image Credits via Albert Bridge, Creative Commons. One of the most notable effects of the current pandemic is the dramatic rise of renter uncertainty. This…
Labour’s failure to embrace UBI shows they haven’t grasped the scale of the crisis
You know we’re in trouble when the BBC is proposing bolder economic policy than Labour. Yesterday morning, shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds appeared on the Today programme, and was asked by…