No Going Back: Defeat, the Far Right, and the Press
James Butler is joined by Owen Jones to take stock as the Left faces 2020.
Tag: the Labour Party
GE2019: Myth-Busting the Student Vote: Will a December Election Mean Poor Turnout? Will This Affect Labour?
In theory, a polling day after the end of university term time could suppress the student vote, disadvantaging Corbyn. But now the campaign is underway, it looks like young people intend to turn out in force, with a record number having registered to vote. But polling suggests this might not be an automatic gain for Labour. Student Oliver Haynes reports.
GE2019: Asymmetric Advertising Is the New Fake News, and the Tories May Be Using It to Hijack Your Social Media
Social media could win this election and the Tories know they are at a disadvantage, with users skewing young and leftwing. Researcher Stuart Mills thinks the Conservatives may have come up with a hack: using deliberately bad or contentious content to try and bait us into sharing their posts.
The World Transformed Showed How Much the Labour Party Has to Learn About Feminism
Political festival The World Transformed put feminism front and centre, showing how it is essential to a meaningful left politics. But the Labour Party failed to listen to activists by not showing solidarity with trans people or sex workers.
What Is Mandatory Reselection?
Centrists are freaking out about mandatory reselection, it’s exactly what the Labour Party needs.
The Fix: Carry on Brexit and Crank Centrists
This week’s #FixLive discussed Labour melts in meltdown, walking at work and lying Dylan Jones.
3 Ways to Make Your Labour Membership Count
So you've joined Labour? Here are three tips from Margaret Corvid, Marxist and secretary of her local Constituency Labour Party, for those on the left who want to make their membership count.
What Can Labour Learn From Michael Foot’s 1983 General Election Defeat?
For better or worse, comparisons between Jeremy Corbyn and Labour’s leader in the early 1980s have become commonplace for the commentariat. James Smith reads Michael Foot’s memoir of his election defeat and considers its impact.