Labour are doing pretty well in the polls, compared to where we were at the start of Starmer’s reign (April 4 2020 - eight months ago). We’re currently bang-on equal with the Tories.

N.b. I use the words football and sport almost interchangeably here, often without justifying the switch. Sorry. I can’t be bothered to edit it properly. When they first stopped the football I was, in a way, actually rather glad. …

I think it’s worth noting here that I am not aiming to discuss what will happen as a result of the Coronavirus crisis, but what we can and should do. This crisis, virtually unparalleled in my lifetime in that it feels like history, presents a huge opportunity for the Left. …

At 10.00 pm on the 8th of June 2017 what we are about to discuss became important. The exit poll for the General Election released at that point not only showed that the Conservatives had had a bad night, but that the Labour Party under Corbyn gaining power was now…

To be clear, before we begin: it should be possible to be from somewhere without holding that country’s identity as part of your identity. When I dispute my own British identity, I am not disputing the facts of where I was born and have lived. — — — — I…

The below is a pitch for an article on the topic above. I haven’t heard back, so I thought I’d publish the pitch here. Freedom should be at the heart of Rebecca Long Bailey’s education policy Summary of pitch True socialism promotes true freedom, so a socialist education should aim to do this. Rebecca Long Bailey’s education policy is so far some…

Class could well be at the heart of everything the Left does, with frequent exaltations of ‘class-based’ or ‘class-struggle’ politics ringing throughout Left discussion, and various MPs’ class understandings (or lack of) used by some to distinguish who is and isn’t ‘genuinely’ left-wing. Putting all that aside, it’s beyond doubt…

Over the next four years, the central task of the Left is to build an extraparliamentary Left N.b. for the purposes of this article I’m assuming that there is such a thing as a ‘parliamentary road to socialism’; it’s not clear if this is true or not. We are now…

an idea for a place 04/11/18 22:33 Where there is a stage and anyone can perform on that stage if they want to All they need to do is ask to do so You can ‘book’ in advance But gigs are not advertised anywhere by the venue, although people can…