Andy Ford, Warrington South CLP member BBC’s Radio 4 programme More Or Less focuses on, and often debunks, fake statistics, hence its title. It recently
Category: Labour Party Archive
Letter from Mark Langabeer, Hastings and Rye Labour member As Left-Horizons predicted, this year’s Labour conference appeared to be dominated by the right-wing, a procession
Labour Party conferences are not necessarily important in themselves, because although they shouldn’t, Labour leaders generally ignore the democratically-arrived decisions of the Party membership. But
Keep Grangemouth Working campaign
By David Cartwright, Unite, Glasgow Retired Members’ Branch Since last November, a campaign has been underway to save oil refinery jobs at Grangemouth in Central
Editorial: Labour conference – Promises of “change” but implementing austerity
Thousands of Labour Party members will be in Liverpool over the next week, but what takes place will be less of a conference and more
Letter: Priorities for Activists
Letter from Steve McKenzie (Lewisham, Greenwich, Bexley Unite Community) There can be no doubt that the failures of the Labour government will pave the way
Andy Ford, Unite NHS rep The recent election campaign saw a conspicuous failure, by both major parties, to mention or debate an absolutely huge problem
Editorial: trade union opposition to Labour austerity
In the coming months there will be increasing tension between the economic needs of trade union members and the austerity strategy of the new Labour
By Left Horizons reporters. In a press release, the Socialist Health Association has expressed its “deep concern” about the creation of a “two tier health
By Ray Goodspeed (Leyton and Wanstead CLP) Ballots are now going out for elections to the Labour Party National Executive Committee (NEC), as well as