Is Brighton Pavillion CLP on the brink of selecting an extremist bigot? Thankfully, they weren’t, or they realised they were and made amends! Purna Sen was selected as parliamentary candidate yesterday, but here Andy Newman warns of what could have been had the party opted for Anne-Marie Waters.- The anatomy of a Con Home hack-job – Phil Burton-Cartledge deconstructs the Tory blog’s attack on trade union members in local government
- The disgraces of the UK Coal demise – Jack Tunmore asks why there has been so little coverage of huge cuts to the pensions and fuel allowances of miners and their widows, following the privatised coal industry entering administration
- Yes to a union voice, no to state funding – Mark Seddon shines a spotlight on what the Blairites have been up to following the Falkirk debacle
- The Blairite plot to discredit unions in general and Len McCluskey in particular – from last week, Jon Lansman tracks the trouble-stirring back to Progress
- Is there going to be another crisis? Of course there is – Ann Pettifor is as convincing as ever
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A manic week in Labour politics – and our six articles with the most hits are dominated by the Falkirk selection debacle, as one would expect.
- Simon Danczuk vs Owen Jones on welfare – the video – the Labour MP for Rochdale said that Osborne’s extension of the delay in JSA payments from three to seven days was “fair enough”. This is what followed.
- Blairites are up in arms about Falkirk because they fear they’ve lost their monopoly in fixing seats – Michael Meacher argues that the Progress tendency display bare-faced hypocrisy by crying foul play over Falkirk. Continue reading
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1. Careerism – the cancer in the heart of Labour – Jon Lansman, writing about the disgraces of former health secretary of Patricia Hewitt, looks to the candidate selection process as the root of party woes.
2. Progress: a political embarrassment – Taste the difference! Frances Docx and Conrad Landin chart the ‘progress’ of the Sainsbury-backed Blairite pressure group from its glory days to its current toxicity and self-parody.
3. Anne Marie Waters – the worst possible PPC for Brighton Pavillion – Andy Newman writes about the worrying links of one of Labour’s latest parliamentary hopefuls.
4. Did the two Eds last week expose Labour’s policy process as a sham? – never mind the disgrace of capitulating to Tory economic policy, says Jon Lansman, where was the party’s policy forum in the taking of this decision?
5. Labour can see the light, so why won’t it act? – Michael Meacher writes about the absurdity of the front-bench quest for Tory-defined ‘economic credibility’ when Ed Balls professes to recognise the fallacy of neoliberal thinking.
6. The People’s Assembly against Austerity: a programme for action – read the proposed policy and action points to be put before the London gathering next weekend.
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Progress, class and parliamentary selections: Ken Livingstone makes the case for more working class candidates, and questions the motives of Progress in this debate.
Ed needs to work out where disunity comes from, and let the party decide its direction: Jon Lansman examines the public spat between Ed Miliband and Len McCluskey, and argues that Ed should trust the party to decide its own future. Continue reading
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Join the protests against the ‘Bedroom Tax’ – Jon Lansman reported on over 55 protests around the country with links to more information.This piece had over 5000 hits – the highest ever for an article on Left Futures.
Up your bedroom tax, Duncan Smith! – Michael Meacher exolains why Duncan Smith’s backtracking isn’t nearly enough, why protest is important and what other benefit changes are to come.
Austerity isn’t supposed to help the economy – but to protect the rich – Mike Hedges attacks Osborne’s austrity policies and exposes the real justification. Continue reading
