", "The BBC's obsession with balance took Labour off-air during the referendum campaign", "Media coverage of the EU Referendum (report 5)", "Labour crisis: how the coup against Jeremy Corbyn gathered pace", "Labour MPs prepare for leadership contest after Corbyn loses confidence vote", "Corbyn re-elected as Labour leader with bigger landslide than last year", "Socialist Campaign Group has reformed for 20192024. Co-Chair of the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs. The result, boosted by a higher than expected turnout despite the coronavirus pandemic, comes as a surprise after the Socialists had lost most of their advantage in recent opinion polls, and means Portugal will have a stable government to oversee the application of EU pandemic recovery funds. Richard Burgon is the Labour Party MP for Leeds East and member of the Socialist Campaign Group. Id like to be able to be a community-member of this new group, but not need to rejoin Labou to be so. Ian has been the MP for Liverpool West Derby since 2019 and was the co-founder of Fans Supporting Foodbanks, a community initiative by football fans to tackle food poverty in Liverpool. Socialist Campaign Group Calls for Urgent New Strategy to Save Lives As the deadline for nominations approached it started to look as though all other candidates would be excluded not only Livingstone and Grant but also Ann Clwyd, Bryan Gould and John Prescott."[40]. With you on that too. Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email. The Board of Deputies of British Jews president Marie van der Zyl welcomed Starmers withholding of the Labour whip from Corbyn and described the move as an appropriate leadership decision. Copyright 2020 The Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs. Build bridges with Starmer, secure their careers as Labour MPs as the real left is driven out. History is with the science. Before 2017, the Campaign Group was only open to backbench MPs; this was reformed to allow all Members of Parliament to be members. [53] The Blairite wing of the Labour Party (including Blair himself) celebrated this reform, believing that the changes would mean that "the next Labour leader will be a Blairite". So there is surely nothing wrong in forming Much was submitted -including some put together by JVL of "[18], Under Blair, the Labour government introduced plans to cut lone parent benefit, a measure which members of the Campaign Group believed would disproportionately harm women. It is the funding model that makes me most uncomfortable. Spaffing money up the wall too late comrades that boat has sailed to see this bullshit! Is this: I remember my Mum and Gran always having some in the kitchen during my childhood (near Oldham so looks like we are both Lancastrians and like you I am retired but not decommisioned!). Does he fight injustice? It is not for moving. However, this was the largest rebellion a Labour government had ever suffered at the third reading of a Bill.[25]. If you wish to receive more information, fill in the form below. Days after berating the West, former shadow minister Richard Burgon, secretary of the hard Left Socialist Campaign Group . The EHRC report published last week found Labour responsible for three breaches of the Equality Act relating to political interference in antisemitism complaints; failure to provide adequate training to those handling them; and harassment. Thanks plain citizen I always appreciate the gesture of a little bit of the personal lives of our posters and also the info posted and thats why I dont hide myself although I know it can be used against us.in the future.My future is limited but I think its sometimes worth taking the risk of developing a picture with personal information although boring everyone is never the intention even if it does. Arwyn, Rosie Duffield does probably believes that comes the next General Election she stands better chances at retaining her seat as a LibDem MP. Can that be possible thats an issue to consider when instigating a new organisational and legal and financial structure?? Mary Foy MP The right to equality of treatment under just laws, free from all discrimination based upon class, sex, race, life-style or beliefs. [8], "From the day Kinnock became leader he made it clear that membership of the left wing Campaign Group of Labour MPs would be a bar to promotion within the PLP. @socialistcam Tweets Socialist Campaign Group @socialistcam Occasional tweets from the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs. I think they are career politicians. Momentum accused Starmer of making it up as he goes along while being farcical and incompetent, with the co-chair Andrew Scattergood saying: They cant remove the whip from our movement.. Its up to us the people on the ground whod rather not give-up on the despicable and often authoritarian (show me your papers) Labour party. Rupa Huq has had the Labour whip restored following her suspension from the party after she described then, This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. [37] The decision to run led to a number of MPs leaving the Campaign Group including Clare Short, Margaret Beckett, Jo Richardson and Joan Ruddock. Nearly every one of the twenty-odd ex-members of the Campaign Group sitting in the 198792 Parliament was appointed to the front bench shortly after leaving the group. [16] He sought to reduce the number of left-wing Labour MPs by centralising control of candidate selections and used "open shortlists in a fast and loose way, mainly to ensure that left candidates are excluded or defeated. Earlier this week, Skwawkbox exclusively revealed that a group of 'eleven new left Labour MPs and an MSP' from the Socialist Campaign Group (SCG) of left MPs have set up a separate group, which they hope to fund from contributions from high net-worth donors and by donating money from their own parliamentary training budgets.. Now Skwawkbox can reveal the names of the Labour figures it . As a clear grouping, it emerged in Parliament from members of the left-wing Tribune Group who did not support Tony Benn's 1981 deputy leadership bid. However, they did not respond when asked to confirm explicitly to confirm that this meant there was no intention ever to leave the SCG and to clarify who would be considered qualified to join, there was no response. Enquiry as they were gathering their evidence? Just wonder if this is the prelude to a leadership bid by at least a couple of them. It quickly became clear that the 20% nomination threshold risked eliminating all candidates except Smith: "The '20 per cent' rule was introduced in 1989 specifically to exclude the Campaign Group the left from future leadership elections. Kate Osamor MP Get your popcorn in. A younf Socialist female bame leader would be the lightening rod for progressives across the country Is that a genuine hope of just a way to have a dig at the SCG? Corbyn was in court alongside 16 other Islington residents all opposing the levy on grounds other than inability to pay. [71] The document outlines a socialist, internationalist and democratic agenda and starts by listing the rights that members thought out to be fought for: "WE BELIEVE: That there should be certain rights which must be won and maintained: We need a campaign for peace and disarmament in Europe, and for an end to the arms trade throughout the world and for a new international economic order which will start to reverse the transfer of wealth from the poorest to the richest. Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs Rally Online on TWTtv, Black-E Main Space 27.09.2022 7PM - 8:30PM Rally With people facing the deepest attack on living standards in decades, we urgently need to build an alternative to the soaring energy bills, pay cuts, food poverty and housing insecurity faced by millions. Locking Out the Left: The Emergence of National Factions in - Jacobin Corbyn was reinstated as a party member by a panel of five Labour national executive committee (NEC) members on Tuesday, after being suspended from the party by general secretary David Evans in October. [54] Margaret Beckett was one of those who nominated Corbyn despite disagreeing with him, and later described herself as a "moron" for doing so. To be fair the victims were remembered in Parliament at Claudia Webbe MP This new initiative does not smell good to me. A Labour spokesperson subsequently announced that Corbyn had been suspended, and the Parliamentary Labour Party whip removed from the Labour MP, in light of his comments made today and his failure to retract them. Labour has been served with an unlawful act notice on the basis of the investigation by the EHRC. While Corbyn was party leader, from 2015 to 2019, Socialist Campaign Group activity reduced as many members joined the shadow cabinet. ..I know that my comment is negative,but really another faction who only make it easier for the fascist Labour leader to divide and rule.I know one of that group personally and drove round in a car with him trying and succeeding in getting him elected.The aims are to be applauded and I realise that good jobs are hard to come by but another so called socialist group who want to survive and left it far too late to recieve former members backing.Sincere maybe but as one commentator said just moving around the deck chairs on the Titanic Build from the ground up this is just example of trying to plug a hole in a sinking ship too too late. This seems like a document which was submitted to the Forde The right to life, free from fear, oppression, ignorance, preventable ill-health or poverty. Perhaps they could be allowed into a New Left Wing Democratic Socialist Party after a rigorous interview but hey guys its 39k! The statement referred to the views of the leaders of seven trade unions, in which the heads of the Labour-affiliated organisations expressed serious concerns about the manner of and rationale for suspension of the former party leader. The Socialist Campaign Group, also known as the Campaign Group, officially Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs is a left-wing , democratic socialist grouping of Labour Party Members of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. [52] Ed Miliband went on to win the leadership election. [4], The Campaign Group would go on to back Eric Heffer and Michael Meacher in their unsuccessful bids for the leadership and deputy leadership in 1983. Only kidding. To raise one glaring error in the section: Evidence of potential harm, the Policy Papers authors state: There have also been some more recent studies reporting associations between exposure to fluoride and adverse developmental neurological effects[. and it is a brilliant film definitely to be recommended! This session will also be live on TWTtv - sign up here, for free. [35] Following this defeat Kinnock introduced a Policy Review, which many on the left thought would lead to an abandonment of the party's commitment to Clause IV, public ownership and the transformation of society. Will there be a Labour left leadership challenge to Keir Starmer? Brilliant contribution my friend, cheers. socialistcampaigngroup photos on Flickr | Flickr http://frozenbritishpensions.org/our-members/, These SNP, Tories, Lib Dem MPs are more Socialist than Sam Tarry, The Socialist Party already exists, build it up with JC as their star signing then there is a chance to attract unions, members and supporters This would be one more step in Starmers plan to make Labour safe for the socially regressive those Tories he thinks he needs to persuade to vote Labour in order to win a general election. [39] Rules introduced following Tony Benn's 1988 leadership challenge meant that candidates would have to secure nominations from 55 MPs to make it onto the ballot paper. However, the evidence does not support this and various authoritative expert evaluations from different international organisations all agree that there is no convincing evidence that fluoride in drinking water at levels used in fluoridation schemes or at concentrations below the regulatory drinking water limit is harmful to general health.. News, politics, insights, inside information from the left. Thats a sign of a lightweight. Labour's Silence on Apsana Begum Shows How Morally Bankrupt the Party Although the Campaign Group did not require members to adhere to a particular set of policies, the group did occasionally set out statements of principle. Lefty MPs who said 'aggressive' UK provoked Russia turn on Putin