Labour's treatment of Diane Abbott and Faiza Shaheen is an absolute disgrace.

And it sends a very clear message to Black and Asian communities — we want your votes but not your voices.

Me for Tribune

tribunemag.co.uk/2024/05/starme…

Labour’s disgraceful treatment of Diane Abbott and Faiza Shaheen sends a very clear message to Black and Asian voters — give us your votes and know your place, or face humiliation.

tribunemag.co.uk/2024/05/starme…

Mick McGahey was a Scottish miners’ leader whose politics were animated by a commitment to democracy that extended from the workplace to achieving a Scottish parliament. I’ve written for Tribune on McGahey’s life from Cambuslang to Downing Street. tribunemag.co.uk/2024/05/mick-m…

On this day in 1381, the lower classes of southern England began a titanic class struggle against the aristocracy — to demand justice for those who laboured and build a land where ‘everything be common.’ tribunemag.co.uk/2023/05/rememb…

Scottish miners’ leader Mick McGahey was born on this day in 1925. A fearless trade unionist, he brought Scottish miners down to Grunwick to stand with Asian women, championed internationalism, and, in his own words, was a product of his class and movement.tribunemag.co.uk/2024/05/mick-m…

Scottish miners’ leader Mick McGahey was born on this day in 1925. A fearless trade unionist, he brought Scottish miners down to Grunwick to stand with Asian women, championed internationalism, and, in his own words, was a product of his class and movement.tribunemag.co.uk/2024/05/mick-m…

Labour's new 'fiscal lock' means enhancing the power of unelected bureaucrats in the Office for Budget Responsibility. But handing more power to a body that has downplayed the impact of cuts on the economy will only lock in hardship, writes Grace Blakeley.
tribunemag.co.uk/2024/05/reeves…

Policies like Reeves’ fiscal lock replace democratic debates between different social groups with technical discussions among policymakers.

Ultimately, technocracy undermines democracy.

Me for Tribune
tribunemag.co.uk/2024/05/reeves…

Labour's new 'fiscal lock' means enhancing the power of unelected bureaucrats in the Office for Budget Responsibility. But handing more power to a body that has downplayed the impact of cuts on the economy will only lock in hardship, writes Grace Blakeley.
tribunemag.co.uk/2024/05/reeves…

Labour’s deplorable treatment of Diane Abbott shows that anti-black racism within the party isn’t only tolerated, it’s being actively exploited to quash the left.

tribunemag.co.uk/2024/03/labour…

Labour’s deplorable treatment of Diane Abbott shows that anti-black racism within the party isn’t only tolerated, it’s being actively exploited to quash the left.

tribunemag.co.uk/2024/03/labour…

Walter Wolfgang, German Jewish refugee from Nazism, socialist and anti-war activist who stood up to Jack Straw over the Iraq War, died on this day in 2019.

As the Royal Mail looks set to be taken over by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, workers will mobilise to defend the service — and the communities they serve must get ready to stand with them, writes Dave Ward.

tribunemag.co.uk/2024/05/britai…

The British-Hungarian filmmaking duo Powell and Pressburger — celebrated in a new documentary presented by Martin Scorsese — made complex high art out of Empire, the British class system, and wartime renewal.

tribunemag.co.uk/2024/05/the-po…

Angela Davis once warned that the ruling class attempts to create an 'imposed forgetfulness' of yesterday’s struggles. As students fight for Gaza like those before them fought for Vietnam, they show a determination to remember.

tribunemag.co.uk/2024/05/the-gh…

The British-Hungarian filmmaking duo Powell and Pressburger — celebrated in a new documentary presented by Martin Scorsese — made complex high art out of Empire, the British class system, and wartime renewal.

tribunemag.co.uk/2024/05/the-po…

Walter Wolfgang, German Jewish refugee from Nazism, socialist and anti-war activist who stood up to Jack Straw over the Iraq War, died on this day in 2019.

Angela Davis once warned that the ruling class attempts to create an 'imposed forgetfulness' of yesterday’s struggles. As students fight for Gaza like those before them fought for Vietnam, they show a determination to remember.

tribunemag.co.uk/2024/05/the-gh…

(1) Compare and Contrast, this Will Lloyd piece in the The New Statesman on Labour Lobbying from this month is a real clone of my piece from 2023 : newstatesman.com/comment/2024/0… vs tribunemag.co.uk/2023/12/labour…