Durham Miners’ Association chair STEPHEN GUY speaks to Ben Chacko about the Reform threat, what’s needed from Labour and why the Big Meeting will never lose its politics
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Labour needs to take on the 'Future Britain' party within a party
Relying on a Corbyn victory is an irresponsible tactic for the left — the party needs to be secured, writes ADAM LEWINKSI
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Andy Burnham’s message of hope will defeat Reform if Labour delivers the New Deal for Working People in full, says JOANNE THOMAS
General Federation of Trade Unions president and bakers’ union general secretary, SARAH WOOLLEY, guides us through the GFTU’s Summer School happening this week at Quorn Grange Hotel
The government’s latest asylum proposals abandon labour movement values and fuel division by aping Reform UK, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Can Andy Burnham’s programme deliver a productive economy – or merely a softer version of capitalism, asks VINCE MILLS
IAN LAVERY MP warns that decades of neoliberal policies have left former industrial communities behind — but a renewed Labour commitment to working people could change the political landscape
TOM WATSON’S launch of his “Future Britain” group, registered on the day of the Independent Group split and now supported by 130 Labour MPs and peers, is a reminder to all that nearly four years on from Jeremy Corbyn’s historic victory for leadership of the party the right wing are still determined to take back control.
Watson’s group laughably pegs itself as a new force for social democracy — his leaked list of priorities notably does not include austerity, but does include “supporting incumbent MPs” and reassessing Britain’s role in the world through foreign policy. This shallow list is a thin veil for Watson’s continued bids for power — power he is determined to take back even if the party is left in a heap of smouldering ashes.
Remember the first coup attempt by MPs, headed by Watson, and supported by 173 Labour MPs?
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