This is an article published in Labour Briefing The contradiction between Labour’s official housing policies and the more radical aspirations…
Labour needs to be pressed to put council housing at the top of its priorities list
MARTIN WICKS reflects on Labour’s housing policy in the wake of the party’s conference in Liverpool THE contradiction between Labour’s…
A campaign against local government austerity?
According to Owen Jones a statement is being released later this week which organisers hope will be signed by local…
Reading Labour council proposes to “market test” services
An emergency measure for local government crisis – suspend debt payments The virtual collapse of the council in Northampton is…
Adoption of “the full” IHRA document – prelude to a witch-hunt?
“My fear is, if we similarly enshrine this definition into law, outside groups will try and suppress – rather than…
An attack on freedom of speech and dissent
The attempted witch-hunt of critics of Israel mirrors the witch-hunt in Israel against critics of the Israeli state The article…
Defence of the Israeli state is the real motive for the campaign against Labour ‘anti-semitism’
According to Margaret Hodge Corbyn is an “antisemite and a racist”, even though as late as March she said she…
We need 100,000 council homes a year, not “affordable homes”
Labour’s Housing Green Paper, Housing for the many, has a fundamental flaw at its heart. It says that a Labour…
What happened in Barnet?
Adam Langleben, Barnet Labour councillor, has made a video which is circulating widely, which gives the impression that Jewish voters…
Marc Wadsworth and “perceived” anti-Semitism
The expulsion of Labour Party member Marc Wadsworth relates to the press conference in June 2016 announcing the results of…
