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 Why Open Labour? by Abi Barinski. Abi is an Open Labour member | 10.05.20 | In: Comment, General Exactly who are Open Labour?’ That is a question which has dominated much of my Twitter feed discourse in the last few months. The standard, accepted... Read More
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 In Defence of ‘Soft Left’ by Kuba Stawiski. Kuba is a member of Open Labour's National Committee | 09.05.20 | In: Comment, General People don’t like it — or us. Nearly day brings an attempt to relitigate the question: “is the term ‘soft left’ appropriate for the grouping that... Read More
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 UBI – the Way Forward? by Cllr Dave Wilson. Dave is a Labour councillor at Canterbury City Council and is an Open Labour member. | 17.04.20 | In: Comment, General No customers = no business. That’s the obvious lesson from 4 weeks of lockdown, as companies across the economy struggle to cope with the sudden catastrophic... Read More
Editorial
 Break the cycle: Open Labour response to the leaked internal investigation on anti-Semi... by Open Labour | 13.04.20 | In: Comment, Editorial The dossier leaked this weekend is utterly shocking in its content and requires a response which is full and considered. The initial reaction to many aspects... Read More
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 Winter is not coming, it is here! A time for transformative change by Andrew Ryder | 18.03.20 | In: Comment, General The coronavirus we are now facing will undoubtedly have a huge social, economic and cultural impact on the world we live in, as great, if not greater, than the... Read More
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 Entering Open Labour by Jack Ashton | 02.03.20 | In: Comment This weekend I attended my first meeting of Open Labour. Recently described both effectionally and mockingly as the “non factional faction” and shot to... Read More
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 A Plan for Decency in the Labour Party by Omar Salem. | 13.02.20 | In: Comment Labour prided itself as a party of anti-racism, feminism and decency but this reputation has been tarnished in recent year. We need to take decisive action to... Read More
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 The Future of Work by Amrita Rose, Open Labour National Committee | 06.02.20 | In: Comment, General Throughout the world, the way in which we work is changing - technology, social media and ways of communicating are evolving – and new industries and... Read More
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 What about the workers? by Trevor Fisher | 18.01.20 | In: Comment As the post election debate proceeds, the shock of traditional working class support voting Tory has to be put into perspective. This is not new, and for... Read More
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 Our Next Leader – A View From Calder Valley by Josh Fenton-Glynn. Josh was the Labour PPC in Calder Valley in the 2019 General Election. | 22.12.19 | In: Comment This week was tough to take. Our Labour family is hurting, but the last thing we need to do is to turn in on ourselves during the coming leadership contest. We... Read More
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 The General Election and the Elusive Working Class Vote by Dr Jo Ingold is chair of West Yorkshire Open Labour | 16.12.19 | In: Comment, General General Election 2019 was devastating for Labour, there is no doubt. Seeing traditional Labour seats turn Blue was a truly dreadful moment for the labour... Read More
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 Where Now for Labour? by Phil Freeman. Phil is a former member of the Open Labour executive committee, currently watching events from afar whilst studying in Moscow | 14.12.19 | In: Comment If this Parliament lasts its full mandate (which it probably will) the next election will be in 2025. This will be fully 20 years since Labour won a... Read More