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Right-wing MP Ian Austin has a habit of outraging Labour supporters – and others. He has been called ‘thuggish’ and a ‘unpleasant bully’and attacked Jewish author Michael Rosen when Rosen […]
Right-wing MP Ian Austin has a habit of outraging Labour supporters – and others. He has been called ‘thuggish’ and a ‘unpleasant bully’and attacked Jewish author Michael Rosen when Rosen […]
Antisemitism exists in the Labour Party. But an email to MPs from the party’s general secretary suggests the issue has been seriously exaggerated Last night a group of seven MPs […]
A single case of antisemitism in the Labour Party is too many – but figures released by the party show the ‘Labour antisemitism problem’ has been vastly exaggerated – and […]
Centrist MP Ian Austin seemed so eager to attack Labour general secretary Jennie Formby on Twitter that he re-wrote history. ‘Centrist’ Dudley North MP Ian Austin launched an attack on […]
Labour deputy leader Tom Watson called last week for the suspension of Wavertree CLP (constituency Labour party) in Liverpool, after the CLP tabled – and subsequently withdrew – two motions […]
Leah Levane and Jenny Manson, co-chairs of the left-wing group Jewish Voice for Labour, submitted the following article to the LabourList site about this week’s motion by the PLP (parliamentary Labour party). Afraid […]
Labour NEC member – and Disputes Panel Chair – Claudia Webbe challenged the BBC after the Corporation’s Jo Coburn tweeted a claim that her Politics Live programme had been unable […]
Antisemitism exists in the Labour Party, as it does in all parts of society. More than any other political party, Labour has led the way in improving and implementing processes […]
The media has claimed this evening that a motion put forward by back-bench MPs was ‘passed unanimously‘ by the ‘PLP’ – the parliamentary Labour party – calling on Labour to […]
NEC veteran Pete Willsman’s report on this week’s NEC meeting. Originally published on the Grassroots Labour site and reproduced with permission. Introduction The meeting was pretty low-key, there were no […]