In 1945 the Labour Party was swept to power, in the process dethroning a murderous racist whose legacy has finally been successfully reckoned with. That same year, the new deputy prime minister remarked that granting independence to Britain’s African colonies would be “like giving a child of ten a latchkey, a bank account and aContinue reading “Labour’s historic discriminatory problems”
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Anti-racists are fighting the status quo, and the results speak for themselves
I hope with all my heart that Madeleine McCann is safe and happy. And yet, despite this, I cannot explain how saddened I was to see her face staring up at me from the front pages of the British press in my local newsagents a few of days ago. In the midst of generation-defining protestContinue reading “Anti-racists are fighting the status quo, and the results speak for themselves”
Labour is disunited, and could remain so for quite a while
To say the Labour Party is in trouble is not remarkable; it always is. To live in Labour is to live with a pack of wolves in the next room, unable to leave. There are two ways to deal with these wolves: You can either try to befriend them, encouraging an “all in this together”Continue reading “Labour is disunited, and could remain so for quite a while”
Labour: A Long Way Forward
As I write this, the mighty coronavirus is rampaging around the world, and has given me an indefinite amount of time away from school (if you’re reading this in 2025, this was written before the supermarkets imploded, Boris Johnson had an anxiety attack live on television and we declared war on the EU). In otherContinue reading “Labour: A Long Way Forward”
London’s housing crisis: By the corporations, for the corporations
Not long ago some budding recruiters from a construction company muscled into my little educational world to promote an apprenticeship programme. Here’s where it goes wrong. This company in question builds luxury apartments, and, as they admitted then and there, they have a big market in China. It doesn’t take long to conclude that thisContinue reading “London’s housing crisis: By the corporations, for the corporations”
Have we let climate activism be dominated by the middle-class?
Has a universally-damaging issue been hijacked by the higher-ups?
Why we need a new class of left-wing politicians
In the wake of the 2019 General Election, Labour have been forced to lick their wounds, and may be doing so for quite a while. A shift to the centre now looks probable, with many of the usual critics coming out of the walls to deem both Corbyn and his project an abject failure, lambastingContinue reading “Why we need a new class of left-wing politicians”
Clive Lewis is the right person to lead the Labour party, and it’s a shame the PLP haven’t realised
At the time of writing, the six Labour leadership candidates are scrambling to secure nominations from MPs and MEPs in the Parliamentary Labour Party, hoping to reach the magic number 22, which unlocks the next stage of the course. As it stands, with nominations closing on Monday 13th January, Clive Lewis has 4 nominations, withContinue reading “Clive Lewis is the right person to lead the Labour party, and it’s a shame the PLP haven’t realised”
Introduce Yourself
It looks like you’ve found your way to a part of the internet people choose to be ignorant of. It’s nice to meet you. I’m attempting to write a political page fuelled only by rabid socialism and sparkling water; be here for when it all goes up in flames. Why do this? Well, I’ve gotContinue reading “Introduce Yourself”
Keeping Left 