It Was Never Going to Be Easy
Labour lost this election not because it was too much of a working-class party, but because it was too little of one in too many places. Our cause endures – but now is the time to steel ourselves for the next fight.
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Ko Leik Pya works as a teacher and writer in the UK and Myanmar. He writes here under a pseudonym.
Labour lost this election not because it was too much of a working-class party, but because it was too little of one in too many places. Our cause endures – but now is the time to steel ourselves for the next fight.
Former presidents, ministers, members of parliament, trade unionists, and political leaders from four continents sign an open letter explaining why the world needs a Labour government.
96-year-old Walter Nixon made national headlines recently when he returned to the Italian battlefields where he defeated the Nazis in the 1940s. He has a message for voters tomorrow: vote Labour.
The same right-wing media which derided young people only a few years for political apathy is now mocking them for being politically engaged. The reason is simple: they are afraid.
Jo Swinson’s record in politics shows her feminism is the kind that might benefit a corporate CEO – but won’t challenge the injustices faced by millions of working-class women in Britain today.
Despite the media hype, this election in Northern Ireland will not transcend orange and green politics to focus on Brexit – instead, it will be where the debate on the national question intensifies.
If Labour wins this week’s general election, it will lead a democratic revolution in British politics – clamping down on corporate lobbying and transferring real decision-making out of London.
In Scotland, little by little, working-class people who were lost to the Labour Party during years of neoliberalism and then the independence campaign are returning home.
The huge crowds of activists turned out by Manchester Momentum across the North West during this campaign is testament to their efforts to build a popular social base.
Cosying up to Bolsonaro, supporting coup d’états and facilitating crackdowns on human rights – the Tory record in Latin America today tells you why they were so willing to make friends with Pinochet.
Labour has promised bold action to tackle Britain’s social injustices within 100 days of a new government by ending austerity, raising the minimum wage, nationalising utilities and fighting regional inequality.
Cornwall is one of the most deprived regions in Britain, and in its poorest areas almost half of children grow up in poverty. It doesn’t have to be that way – Labour’s bold green agenda offers hope of a different future.
Labour’s public broadband policy has cut through in this election because it represents a popular consensus that is often dismissed: infrastructure we all rely on should be owned collectively.
By publishing far-right conspiracies like ‘Hijacked Labour,’ whose evidence was sourced from neo-Nazi websites, The Sun is setting left-wingers and journalists up to be attacked – or even killed.
As the climate crisis worsens, Britain’s government continues spend billions propping up the fossil fuel industry by funding oil and gas extraction that harms poorer nations in the Global South.
Centrist commentators have decried Labour’s lack of liberalism in recent years – but in defending civil rights and diplomacy, Corbyn has proven to be a better champion of liberal values than any centrist favourite.
Barrow-in-Furness is the kind of place that will decide this election – a postindustrial Labour heartland that gradually became a marginal. To win it, the party has to convince the community their town can be revitalised.
By pledging to confiscate the property of Gypsies, Roma and Travellers, the Conservative Party has signalled its intention to persecute one of Britain’s most marginalised communities.
The Observer might want rid of Emma Dent Coad – but we don’t. In a new interview, we speak to the Kensington MP about housing, her constituency and the campaign of lies run against her by the Lib Dems.
The NHS is one of the greatest healthcare systems in the world – but it’s failing thousands of patients, because a Tory funding squeeze and the drive to privatise are eroding its principles.