CLPD AGM 2015 will be on Saturday 28 February, from 11.30am at Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL. Speakers include: Diane Abbott, Billy Hayes, Kelvin Hopkins, Kate Osamor,…
Organising for Labour in Scotland
Article for CLPD newsletter (Aug 2014) The Scottish Labour Policy Forum members were elected in January 2014, and Commissions have been set up around four broad policy themes. These are:…
Report of CLPD Annual General Meeting 2014
CLPD held its Annual General Meeting, its 41st, on Saturday 29 March at Conway Hall in central London. Over 80 CLPD members and supporters attended, with a noticeable increase in…
What is the future of the Labour-union link?
by Peter Willsman After Collins, what of the future? Of the collective link between the Labour Party and the trade unions as organisations representing the organised working class? The composition…
CLPD Annual General Meeting 2014
Saturday 29 March11.30am –4.30pmConway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RLLunch providedSpeakers: Kelvin Hopkins MPKen LivingstoneMartin MayerClaire McCarthyKate OsamorChristine Shawcroft
Eight reasons still to vote against the Collins report
By Jon Lansman At the special conference on 1 March, Ed Miliband may well have the “Clause IV moment” his advisors sought, though Labour’s enemies are saying unions will have…
Collins Review: Miliband successfully digs himself out of hole. Labour remains in hole
By Jon Lansman When I read the email from Ed Miliband to all party members yesterday afternoon, I thought Left Futures should run a competition with a prize for the first person…
The Hidden Agenda behind the Collins Review
By Barry Gray and Peter Willsman (CLPD) In his Interim Report on Labour’s union link (‘Building a One Nation Labour Party’), Ray Collins makes it clear that once a new…
HOW LABOUR’S TRIGGER WORKS
A CLPD BRIEFING ON THE RE-SELECTION OF SITTING LABOUR MPS Labour’s ‘trigger’ system, part of the overall process that decides whether a sitting Member of Parliament stands again at the…
Defend the union link
July 2013: For hour-by-hour information and comment on the moves against Labour's union link, see www.leftfutures.org Analysis and contributions from Jon Lansman, Peter Willsman, John Edmonds, Michael Meacher, Dominic Curran,…