‘Labour's Future’ campaign news

McDonnell welcomes the victory in extending nomination period but calls on the Party to go further

John McDonnell MP said: “Now that the Party has acceded to our campaign for the extension of the deadline for nominations, it is crucial that they go a step further and allow for a reduction in the number of nominations required in order to facilitate a wider range of candidates, in particular women and ethnic minority candidates, to come forward. [continue...]

McDonnell welcomes Diane Abbott to Leadership race

John McDonnell MP, already backed by the LRC and Unison United Left, said:

“I welcome Diane’s candidacy and urge other women and ethnic candidates to come forward from all wings of the party. We need a full and wide ranging debate about our future direction.
“I am writing today to all the so far declared candidates to ask their support for a review of the current process and timetable for nominations which has been mismanaged from the start and is now in total disarray.
“I am calling for an extension of the timetable for nominations and a reduction of the threshold so that everyone can get on the ballot paper and our members can have a full range of candidates from all wings of the party from which to choose.” [continue...]

LRC National Committee backs John McDonnell for Leader

On Saturday, following the After the Election ... Join the Resistance! meeting, the LRC National Committee voted to back John McDonnell MP for Labour leader. Although John McDonnell has not declared his candidacy, the LRC urges him to stand as the best representative of socialist values within the Party. [continue...]

The Left will not support a ‘Cuts Coalition’

The LRC Executive has rejected proposals for a coalition with the Liberal Democrats to implement ‘savage cuts’. Instead, we will build a coalition against cuts with Labour members, trade unionists and community activists. [continue...]

Priorities in the Labour Party

The Labour Party is consulting on its manifesto for the General Election this year. You can submit policy ideas to http://www.labourspace.com/thechoice. Please copy any submissions to the LRC at: (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). [continue...]

New Labour’s rootless pretenders

John McDonnell MP, LRC Chair, writes for the Guardian Comment is Free on the positioning of ‘New Labour’s rootless pretenders’. The late David Taylor was a principled Labour MP, rooted in his community. Balls, Purnell et al have lost touch with this tradition - and Labour has suffered for it. [continue...]

People want changed policies and changed politics, not leadership coups

A statement by two former Labour cabinet ministers circulated today, calling for a secret ballot on Gordon Brown’s leadership. [continue...]

Queen’s Speech ‘hardly inspirational’

The Government has today set out in the Queen’s Speech its legislative agenda for the period up until the General Election. [continue...]

LRC Conference: Building the Resistance - Sat 14 Nov

The LRC’s national conference and AGM ‘Building the Resistance’ was held at the Institute of Education, Bedford Way, London on Saturday 14th November.  [continue...]

Five steps to the return of Labour - Jeremy Corbyn

The latest crop of opinion polls make grim reading for Labour. Cameron’s Tories are now getting consistently over 40 per cent. The Conservative leaders’s message of tough cuts is clearly resonating well with the coalition of meanness that propelled Thatcher to office 30 years ago. [continue...]

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