Jeremy’s agenda: mobilising members and winning voters Katy Clark, Co-Chair, Labour Assembly Against Austerity Jeremy Corbyn’s successful Labour leadership campaign over the summer has demonstrated clearly that a Labour leadership position of opposing austerity can be effective in both mobilising members and winning over voters. The party should prepare for Read more…
Opposing austerity: Mobilising members and winning voters 5.30 – 7pm Monday 28th September Alexandra Room, Grand Hotel Brighton Speakers: Diane Abbott MP Richard Burgon MP Katy Clark Owen Jones Clive Lewis MP John McDonnell MP Cat Smith MP Mark Serwotka, PCS Union Chair: Steve Turner, Unite the Union and People’s Read more…
Jon Cruddas has today argued, as part of his independent inquiry into Labour’s election loss, that ‘the Tories didn’t win despite austerity, they won because of it. Voters did not reject Labour because they saw it as austerity lite. Voters rejected Labour because they perceived the Party as anti-austerity lite.’ Read more…
The launch of Sheffield Labour Assembly Against Austerity saw nearly seventy members from across the city join a lively debate on ‘Opposing austerity and stagnation – priorities for Labour after the election.’ John Campbell from UNISON Sheffield Teaching Hospitals chaired the meeting. The other speakers were Louise Haigh MP, Paul Read more…
Opposing Osborne’s Budget: Why cuts hurt and spending works Ahead of Osborne’s emergency austerity budget, Jeremy Corbyn and other Labour MPs come together to set out the approach Labour should take in opposing spending cuts. Speakers: Jeremy Corbyn MP Cat Smith MP Richard Burgon MP Diane Abbott MP Shelly Asquith, Read more…
Jeremy Corbyn’s entry into the Labour leadership race opens the debate about the party’s future, by offering serious opposition to the Tories austerity agenda and a positive vision for public services. Since Labour’s general election defeat, the Labour right has dominated analysis in the media, incomprehensibly arguing the party’s campaign Read more…