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Andy Burnham should rip up our undemocratic first past the post system – even if some in Labour disagree | Neal Lawson
By Neal Lawson

Rearguard reactionaries may try to block the idea of a national commission into proportional representation, but we should want more not less democracy

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/26/andy-burnham-undemocratic-first-past-the-post-system-labour

#Electoralreform #Politics #Labour #UKnews #TheGuardian #NealLawson

The Manchester mayoral result holds the key for the future of progressive politics | Neal Lawson
By Neal Lawson

Voters on the left are more fragmented than ever – but they will pull together behind a convincing cross-party message

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/01/bev-craig-manchester-mayoral-result-key-to-future-progressive-politics

#Politics #GreaterManchestermayoraltybyelection2026 #GreaterManchester #Mayoralelections #Localpolitics #UKnews #TheGuardian #NealLawson

https://www.compassonline.org.uk/progressives-must-unite-against-nigel-farage-and-national-populism-or-reform-will-win/

>>Whether Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves, or Morgan McSweeney stay or not is now largely beside the point. Unless, and until, Labour develops a political analysis of the place of social democracy in the third decade of the 21st century, then changing the captain of the ship heading for the rocks is irrelevant – unless they drastically change direction.<<

#UKPolitics #Compass #NealLawson #Labour #Reform

The scheming of Morgan McSweeney doesn't provide a complete explanation of Labour's current woes, but it is part of the story nonetheless.

I was struck by the suggestion that Labour Together was a right wing mirror of the Militant Tendency's " party within a party" strategy.

'Labour Apart: How Morgan McSweeney Levered the Left Out of Power' - Compass

https://www.compassonline.org.uk/labour-apart-how-morgan-mcsweeney-levered-the-left-out-of-power/

#Politics #UKPolitics #Labour #LabourTogether #MorganMcSweeney #NealLawson #Compass

Neal Lawson's point about the UK left's lack of vision is so important.

https://www.compassonline.org.uk/seven-reasons-the-left-keeps-on-losing/

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This narrow, win-at-all-costs strategy could take Labour to victory, but not to power
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/09/labour-win-power-party-strategy-ideas?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#NealLawson

Weaponised antisemitism crushed the political left. Now it’s the cultural left’s turn
https://www.jonathan-cook.net/2023-07-04/weaponised-antisemitism-loach-waters/

#KeirStarmer #antisemitism #Labour #JeremyCorbyn #KenLoach #RogerWaters #JamieDriscoll #Glastonbury #BigLie #apartheid #Zionism #IHRA #NealLawson #LisaNandy

Labour and 'The Purge': Leadership's Direction Sparks Revolt Among MPs and Activists

Concerns are increasing that #Labour Leader #KeirStarmer risks creating a stifling monoculture in the party

#NealLawson is being investigated, on the threat of expulsion, over a 2021 tweet in which he dubbed council-level cooperation between the Liberal Democrats and Greens “grown up politics”

@josiahmortimer @BylineTimes @SydesJokes

https://bylinetimes.com/2023/07/05/labour-and-the-purge-leaderships-direction-sparks-revolt-among-mps-and-activists/

"After 44 years, Labour moves to expel me. And my MP and activist friends are asking: who will be next?"

There are many good people in England's #Labour party, and a majority of them support pluralistic policies such as #PR. But as a whole the institution is entitled, anti-pluralist, and, sad to say, deeply reactionary.

#NealLawson #Compass

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/30/labour-expelling-mp-activist-neal-lawson

There is a way to oust the Tories, and stop them ever rising again. Why won’t we do it?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/09/way-to-oust-tories-local-elections-pr-proportional-representation?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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