What is happening in Aleppo is a human rights calamity. It’s impossible to watch the footage without wanting to do something, immediately. That leads some on the left to surprising positions. Disrupting Jeremy Corbyn’s speech on December 10 did nothing to help civilians in Aleppo; it diverted attention from the important pledges he made on women […]
Posts Tagged ‘Jeremy Corbyn’
Jeremy Corbyn isn’t perfect – but he’s the leader we need right now
Dec 13th, 2016 by David Osland.As the new old proverb has it, you can gift the British left its best opportunities in a generation, but you can’t make it take advantage of them. The hugely-publicised recent bust-ups in Momentum, complemented by Peter Tatchell’s spiteful and vindictive self-promotion stunt over the weekend, highlight an almost palpable death wish that seems to […]
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Corbyn sets out economic vision in speech to British businesses
Nov 22nd, 2016 by Newsdesk.Jeremy Corbyn set out his economic vision to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) yesterday, in a speech that focused on using the state to encourage and promote entrepreneurship. Arguing that Labour had “plenty of common ground with the CBI”, he said the party was “open to change”:
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After Donald Trump, Corbynism?
Nov 16th, 2016 by Phil Burton-Cartledge.You know that dark cloud shading into fascist brown accumulating above the White House? It’s pretty frightening, so it’s entirely normal and expected for some to (desperately?) discern a silver tinge its edges. One of them is superstar economist Yanis Varoufakis, who suggests Trump’s election signals a new wave of change. Coming from a similar, but […]
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Jeremy Corbyn delivers another strong performance at PMQs
Oct 13th, 2016 by Newsdesk.Following on from his grilling of Theresa May on grammar schools, Jeremy Corbyn won a further round of plaudits for his performance yesterday at Prime Minister’s Questions. Corbyn’s opening salvo against Amber Rudd’s policy to “name and shame” workers received a flat denial from May, who claimed that public lists of which companies hire large amounts of […]
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Understanding Jeremy Corbyn’s Reshuffle
Oct 11th, 2016 by Phil Burton-Cartledge.Groundhog Day. Forgive me if I’m mistaken, but hasn’t Labour just gone through a ruinous and utterly unnecessary leadership contest that saw the party leader reconfirmed in his position? Please tell me the spectacle of sundry MPs appearing on Sunday politics television playing the unity card and positioning themselves as the paragons of such wasn’t […]
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Corbyn sets out opposition to immigration controls
Oct 11th, 2016 by Newsdesk.Jeremy Corbyn has made further comments in support of immigration, in particular support for refugees, contrasting those in the party who want to end freedom of movement after Brexit.
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Corbyn makes changes to Shadow Cabinet
Oct 7th, 2016 by James Elliott.Yesterday Jeremy Corbyn made some changes to his Shadow Cabinet, although most of the top positions remained unchanged. Here’s a run down of the decisions so far:
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Corbyn Rebooted?
Oct 4th, 2016 by Mike Phipps.Mike Phipps (Brent Central CLP) and Sue Lukes (Islington North CLP) suggest five priorities for the Labour leader following his re-election The 2016 campaign for re-election may have added new members to the Labour Party and helped popularise some of our key ideas, but ultimately it was always an unnecessary distraction. The reality is that […]
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Labour Assembly Against Austerity welcomes Jeremy Corbyn’s re-election
Sep 24th, 2016 by Newsdesk.Labour Assembly Against Austerity, September 24 2016 Commenting on Jeremy Corbyn’s victory in the Labour Leadership election today, Lucy Anderson MEP, Vice-Chair of the Labour Assembly Against Austerity said: “The Labour Assembly Against Austerity welcomes Jeremy Corbyn’s re-election as Labour leader, staking out how a Labour government would deliver a £500bn public investment programme to […]
