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“We must defend the radicalism in Labour’s policies which have developed in recent years. Newham’s community wealthy building shows how Labour in local government can play its part in defending the policy agenda Labour needs to maintain, to resisting the new Tory majority in Westminster from the front line.” – Daniel Blaney

“We must not fail those children waiting in Calais and the Greek Islands in the hope that they will be able to reach their families legally and safely.” – Diane Abbott MP.

There is only one choice for the left in the Labour leadership race, argues our editor Matt Willgress.

“Wherever we are in power, we have a responsibility to start undoing the disastrous legacy of privatisation.” – Sakina Sheikh

“The Tories did not win votes from people in northern towns by saying they would be exposed to ever-fiercer international competition.” – Paula Barker MP

“The Left has to be rooted in class politics and it needs to be well organised in the communities we seek to represent.” – Laura Smith.

“There is no social justice on a dying planet. There is also no way to tackle climate catastrophe without changing the inequalities at the heart of our economy, and without redistributing power from those at the top to the rest of us.” – Olivia Blake MP.

“We must oppose all attempts to drive us to war in Iran. We will argue for peace in the Middle East. And we will continue to fight for political leadership which wants peace, which finds money for health and investment and not for war.” – Diane Abbott MP.

“The task now in the current Labour leadership contests is to ensure that the eventual winners are committed to the employment rights reform proposals of 2017 and 2019.” – Adrian Weir

“With Trump in the White House and Johnson in No 10 fighting poverty, racism and war must be our priorities today.
Whatever the setbacks, as individuals and as a movement we cannot – and will not – retreat from those duties.” – Richard Burgon.

Our editor looks at the challenges for the year ahead.

” I realised very quickly that in order to make real change, we needed an MP from the town, ready & willing to fight for the town. I was frustrated that people in Parliament, on both sides, on the whole do not represent regular working class communities like Harlow. ” – Laura McAlpine.

“We have put forward a fully costed plan that means everyone will have more money in their back pocket and the cost of living will be pushed down. We are offering a serious alternative to the inequality and austerity that has plunged our public services into crisis.” – Laura Smith.

“This is the right level of climate ambition. This is not a watering down of Labour’s climate ambition. The plan delivers on the Labour Green New Deal conference motion to put the UK on a pathway to zero carbon by 2030. This means that by 2030, the UK will have taken every possible step to ensure zero carbon energy during an appropriate point in the 2030’s. Exactly when this will be depends on how successfully the thirty recommendations are implemented. “

“From Orgreave, to Hillsborough, to Grenfell, the state has facilitated & enforced a system that has actively militated against the interests of working people, at times to lethal effect.” – Sam Browse.

Speaking today Jeremy Corbyn said, “in this election, Labour is putting forward the most radical and far-reaching plan for real change in our lifetimes.”

“You know whose side Labour’s on – a Labour government will be on your side.” – Jeremy Corbyn.

“We can’t wait five years for a chance to transform people’s lives. We must begin organising in our communities now.” – Rebecca Long Bailey,