The key to “professional” success in the land of comment is to never let the facts get in the way of a good narrative. If hard numbers and social realities are inconvenient, one can safely shove them aside in the assured knowledge they won’t come back to haunt the writer. Especially if one is a […]
Posts Tagged ‘Party membership’
Whatever happened to the workers? Is Labour now a middle class party?
Jan 26th, 2016 by Phil Burton-Cartledge.
In Tower Hamlets, now the accuser is accused
Apr 5th, 2013 by Jon Lansman.Just 2½ years ago, Lutfur Rahman was selected as Labour’s candidate for Mayor of Tower Hamlets with 433 votes compared with 251 for local London assembly member, John Biggs, and 157 for council leader, Helal Abbas. Shortly afterwards, Rahman was accused by Abbas of fraudulently recruiting members, including at fake addresses, paying their subscriptions, and […]
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Blairite continuity candidate to run party? Shome mishtake shurely, Ed!
Jul 16th, 2011 by Peter Kenyon.It’s time to take stock of the Party, Ed. On Tuesday, you and the other members of the National Executive Committee will decide who will be the next General Secretary. You will also have a report on the Refounding Labour consultation. That report appears to have been written before the submissions were read or analysed. […]
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Why are people joining the Labour Party?
Mar 31st, 2011 by Owen Jones.During the Blair and Brown eras, the number of people with a Labour Party card in their pockets plummeted to levels not seen since the 1930s. Whether it be Iraq, the continued lack of trade union rights, Ken Livingstone’s expulsion from the party in 2000, privatisation, the assault on civil liberties, the failure to tackle […]
