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"If this is the first stage of Boris Johnson’s “levelling up” agenda, life will continue to get harder across the board while the Tories’ billionaire mates line their pockets through corporate cronyism and dodgy deals." By Patrick Foley, Hornsey & Wood Green CLP This week, the £20-a-week uptick in Universal Credit (UC) was brought to…
Continue reading ➞ The End of Universal Credit Uptick a Cliff Edge for Millions
"For those internationally who doubt the severity of the threat Bolsonaro represents, he has said that "only God" could remove him from power, following earlier comments that he will either be re-elected or killed." More and more Brazilians are rejecting far-right President Jair Bolsonaro writes Claudia Webbe MP. When Boris Johnson and Brazil’s far-right President…
“We have a duty not to stop raising this issue.”
"We should be clear. It is illegal under international law to conduct such colonisation in occupied territory or countries. It is a war crime." During the Labour Party Conference 2021, Labour & Palestine hosted the fringe meeting "Speaking up for Palestine - a Litmus Test for Labour," shortly after the conference passed a historic motion…
“Caution about the final outcome is required, though, given that talks held in 2019 were scuppered by the US imposing new wide-reaching sanctions.”
"If Labour is to have a progressive international foreign policy it has to be on Palestine’s side – on the side of the oppressed, not the oppressor, not the occupier." By Hugh Lanning, Labour & Palestine A historic vote. That is how the Palestinian Ambassador, Husam Zomlot, described the vote at last week’s Labour Party…
Continue reading ➞ Now is the Time to Speak up for Palestine
"While Starmer’s leader's speech failed to give the answers to the crisis, these could be found in the motions adopted by conference delegates and in the discussions that took place in the huge left-wing fringe events." By Lee Brown Keir Starmer began his leadership speech to Labour Party conference saying he'd "waited 17 months, 23…
"This case has highlighted both the protection granted to abusers through existing legal and governmental systems, and the huge pressures placed on victims through lengthy trials, with victims’ names dragged through the mud." By Patrick Foley, Hornsey and Wood Green CLP. Speaking to Labour Party Conference, Mariam Rasekh, Bethnal Green and Bow CLP, used her…
"Our members are reflective of our wider communities and the appetite for a bold alternative to Tory rule must not be ignored." By Patrick Foley, Hornsey & Wood Green CLP. Labour members and affiliated trade unions showed once again that they are leading the way on policy, putting forward the big ideas that will get…
Continue reading ➞ Labour Members Lead the Way – Labour Conference Analysis
"It feels like the Conference was in part a contest between the Movement's founding principles - as valid today as they ever were - & revisionism. We can ignore all the noises off from cheerleaders in the media & elsewhere. The drive to social justice still animates our members as strongly as ever it did."