Jeremy Corbyn’s early election statement
People deserve a chance to work, to aspire and to build a future. Our present system of child care benefits and costs appears to be depriving too many people of that chance. Nearly a fifth of parents quit jobs because of childcare costs – Rayner responds
To Torbay CLP: Thank you very much for allowing me to attend the 2019 Labour Party Conference as your delegate! It was a tremendous experience and when I report back in the two branch meetings, I hope that you will be able to share some of that experience. The last day of conference had …
Today was an unusual day at Conference in multiple ways. I think that I made a very useful contribution at a policy seminar. Corbyn appeared unexpectedly to tell us about the Court’s ruling on Johnson’s prorogation of Parliament. During the lunch break (while I attended a fringe event on StopTheWar, stopthewar.org.uk) the conference schedule was …
Jeremy Corbyn unexpectedly took the podium this morning to announce the court decision that Johnson acted illegally and that Parliament must be recalled. You can imagine that the cheers and standing ovations were overwhelming! Corbyn suggested that Johnson should “consider his position” and perhaps becomes the briefest serving PM in our history. Everyone …
The Fringe event I attended this evening was superb! I was determined to attend this rally: Investment not cuts: Time to end Tory austerity. It was sponsored by Unite the Union and organized by the Labour Assembly Against Austerity. I arrived about 10 minutes before the start to find the room completely full to overflowing. …
Jo Johnson, when he left government, became the first minister to resign his post in order to spend LESS time with his family. Dianne Abbott included this observation in her inspired address to conference this afternoon. More on that in the other post . . . I felt very honoured and proud today to …
Wow! There really is too much to do! I attended a couple of training sessions – one on Contact Creator and one on Promote. These are both Labour Party software. The first works from electoral lists to provide lists that we can use in canvassing to identify supporters and to follow up with those …
Conference procedures are somewhat complex and take time – which is why today’s post will be late. The compositing meeting for the green new deal motion will go on quite late tonight. Our motion on tidal power is nicely focussed, so I have high hopes that I can keep it in. When I spoke briefly …
My partner, Freya, and I joined Labour in 2015 following Jeremy Corbyn’s nomination for Leader. We were enthused by his passion for a Party where member participation was encouraged as central to the Party’s goals: winning Government and making Britain a better place for the many and not the few. We anticipated local members …