Though we have about 1000 days until the next election, Plaid Cymru have offered the Labour party a deal by way of a strategy should we find ourselves with a hung parliament in 2015. Jonathan Edwards, MP for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr and a key advisor to Plaid Cymru’s leader Leanne Wood, said: “We would […]
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Left Futures and the Manchester Central by-election: an apology
Aug 18th, 2012 by Jon Lansman.Earlier today we published an article by Kate Hudson, Respect candidate in the Manchester Central by-election, entitled The unrepresented working class: a space Respect can fill! (now available here). Whilst Left Futures firmly believes that “the Left’s future remains inextricably linked with that of the Labour Party” (as set out in our mission statement), this […]
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Red, white, (purple) or blue? Just Labour
Jul 26th, 2012 by Lucy Reese.It was an event I’d been looking forward to for a while – a debate on the future of Labour. The speakers were Owen Jones (needs no introduction), Richard Angell of Progress and Patrick McFarlane of so-called Blue Labour.
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“Blairite” – playground abuse or legitimate usage?
May 28th, 2012 by Jon Lansman.Jon Cruddas recently said that “‘Blairite’ is now an orthodox term of abuse within the party; his name triggers jeers at our annual conference; many around labour appear more angry at Blairism than with Cameron and Clegg.” Progress magazine, in a piece entitled Beyond Blairite, goes rather further. It alleges that: Anyone keeping half an […]
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Labour may block parliamentary selections
Jul 21st, 2010 by Jon Lansman.At Labour’s National Executive yesterday, it was revealed that the party does not intend to allow constituencies parties where Labour narrowly lost in May to select parliamentary candidates as many are clamouring to do. NEC sources suggest that “boundary changes are what is killing progress on selections”. Many activists will be dismayed by this disastrous […]
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On the Left? Join Labour & vote to change it
May 25th, 2010 by Jon Lansman.Are you on the Left? But not in the Labour Party? You used to be but you left – it wasn’t the party you joined? We understand. You’d like to join something but Labour’s too right-wing and the others simply can’t win? We understand. You were against the War. You’re fed up with market fundamentalism. You […]
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Selection shenanigans
May 16th, 2010 by Michael Meacher.As the race (amble?) for the Labour Party leadership gets under way, the composition of the new PLP is beginning to come into focus. The PLP accounts for a third of the electoral college and any intending candidate must secure public signatures from at least an eighth of all its members (therefore 32 in […]
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Left Futures takes off
May 9th, 2010 by Jon Lansman.It’s an interesting time to launch a new blog site. Capitalism’s biggest crisis in almost a century continues to unfold, a current of rage flowing through the streets of Athens and Europe’s leaders keen to stem the tide. In Britain, three parties jostle for office each having lost an election and each committed, sooner or […]
