Short of an unexpected natural disaster, it looks like Andy Burnham will be Labour leader and new Prime Minister, perhaps be the end of July.
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By Ray Goodspeed What is propelling Burnham into the Labour leadership and Downing Street, is the overwhelming mandate he won in the Makerfield by-election. Despite
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Trade unions and Labour Party affiliation
By Andy Ford, Unite rep A key question for the big unions is their relationship with the Labour Party. In the light of Starmer and
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General Strike paper “The British Worker” – a good initiative of a timid leadership – part two
In this second and final part, RAY GOODSPEED looks at the reporting of the sudden end of the strike and its aftermath (9-17 May). Part
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General Strike paper “The British Worker” – a good initiative of a timid leadership – part one
In this article RAY GOODSPEED looks at the first four issues of this paper, from 5-8 May. Part two (here) will look at issues produced
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Editorial: Reform election surge is down to Starmer
Town halls up and down the country are now going to be flooded with Reform UK councillors: a surge of racists, xenophobes, transphobes, homophobes, anti-trade
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Unite NEC elections: big majority for Sharon Graham
By Andy Ford, newly-elected Unite NEC member The recent elections to the Executive of the Unite union, one of the Labour Party’s largest affiliates, returned
By Roger Silverman Even in the bizarre context of British politics today, it is unusual for a political party’s national leader to endorse the candidate
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Editorial: Starmer owns the coming Labour debacle
For previous local elections, Left Horizons has argued in favour of a vote for Labour, because it was the party that most carried the aspiration
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Vote Andy Ford for UNITE EC: Left Horizons video interview
On 29 March, ANDY FORD spoke to Ray Goodspeed of Left Horizons about his bid to be elected to the Executive Committee of UNITE for
