Leading GP: Labour rising to challenge of unequal health
Labour is rising to the challenge of the health inequalities that have mushroomed under the Tories, says leading GP and health campaigner Dr Kailash Chand OBE: John McDonnell has used […]
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Video: a ‘VoxPop’ the BBC didn’t cherry-pick says volumes about what working-class people really think about Johnson
BBC often criticised for apparent selectivity in political street interviews – but north-east local station piece tells very different story from usual The BBC is often rightly attacked for clearly-skewed […]
W Mids mayor/PCC roles look like safety-net for right-wing Labour MPs
Pattern of regional roles as fall-back needs to end Mike O’Brien is a former Labour MP and front-bencher under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown who consistently voted for the Iraq […]
Watson’s tantrum shows his pain as allies suffer in NEC’s candidate clear-out
Labour deputy leader lashes out as right’s grip loosens in its heartland Comment Labour deputy leader Tom Watson has been criticised recently by Labour colleagues for ‘foul’ and ‘appalling’ ‘bully’-behaviour. […]
Breaking: left near-clean sweep for London regional board
The Labour left has won an almost clean sweep of all elected positions to Labour’s London regional board – normally a bastion of the Progress/Labour First right – with wins […]
Excl: Williamson courts key Tories on ‘regional tour’ as May resignation rumours build
Tory party insiders say that Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has embarked on a programme of regional visits for one-to-one meetings with key Tory members. Williamson was accused just last month […]
Labour appoints new W Mids deputy director
Labour has appointed Harry Taylor as its new deputy Regional Director for the West Midlands, to assist Director Fadel Takrouri in the task of bringing the local party into line […]
Labour appoints new London regional director
After a substantial period of acting regional directors drafted in from the north-west, the Labour Party has appointed longstanding Labour activist Hazel Flynn as its new regional director for London. […]
More fiction from Bitterite ‘news’ site
The amusingly-titled ‘Red Roar’ – the Bitterite ‘news’ site termed the ‘blue squeak’ among genuine Labour people for its nearness to Tory politics, alleged links to one of the worst […]
Exclusive: first of two-part interview with Welsh Labour leadership hopeful Mark Drakeford
The contest for the leadership of the Welsh Labour Party – and the position of First Minister of the Welsh Assembly – is well and truly underway, with many union […]