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The latest Labour Left Podcast is with New York’s Prof Ted Hamm. Find out how Zohran Mamdani became the Mayor of New York. Consider what’ll happen when he takes office on 1 Jan 2026. What can we learn from our own 1980s Red Ken? Please share. 1/4
Today we mark #HolocaustMemorialDay, remembering the six million Jewish people murdered in the Holocaust and all those murdered under Nazi persecution.
It is so important to this day that we understand antisemitism and know what we have to do to fight it.
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It is so important to this day that we understand antisemitism and know what we have to do to fight it.
youtu.be/GAJ9KMnxKGQ
Off White: the Truth About Antisemitism Rachel Shabi on the Labour Left Podcast
YouTube video by Labour Left Podcast | @BrynHGriffiths
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January 27, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Today we mark #HolocaustMemorialDay, remembering the six million Jewish people murdered in the Holocaust and all those murdered under Nazi persecution.
It is so important to this day that we understand antisemitism and know what we have to do to fight it.
youtu.be/GAJ9KMnxKGQ
It is so important to this day that we understand antisemitism and know what we have to do to fight it.
youtu.be/GAJ9KMnxKGQ
Excellent to see @BellRibeiroAddy a recent guest of the Labour Left Podcast signing the Holocaust UK Book of Commitment ahead of tomorrow’s Holocaust Memorial Day.
To learn more about antisemitism & how to fight it have a listen to Rachel Shabi.
youtu.be/GAJ9KMnxKGQ
To learn more about antisemitism & how to fight it have a listen to Rachel Shabi.
youtu.be/GAJ9KMnxKGQ
January 26, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Excellent to see @BellRibeiroAddy a recent guest of the Labour Left Podcast signing the Holocaust UK Book of Commitment ahead of tomorrow’s Holocaust Memorial Day.
To learn more about antisemitism & how to fight it have a listen to Rachel Shabi.
youtu.be/GAJ9KMnxKGQ
To learn more about antisemitism & how to fight it have a listen to Rachel Shabi.
youtu.be/GAJ9KMnxKGQ
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"Local members have been denied the chance to vote for the best-placed candidate to defeat Reform..."
Our statement on the NEC's decision to block Andy Burnham from standing in Gorton and Denton. 🔽
Our statement on the NEC's decision to block Andy Burnham from standing in Gorton and Denton. 🔽
January 25, 2026 at 12:54 PM
"Local members have been denied the chance to vote for the best-placed candidate to defeat Reform..."
Our statement on the NEC's decision to block Andy Burnham from standing in Gorton and Denton. 🔽
Our statement on the NEC's decision to block Andy Burnham from standing in Gorton and Denton. 🔽
At Labour Party Conference 2022 I spoke in favour of local Labour Parties choosing election candidates.
Every single word applies again today to the situation in the Gorton and Denton Labour Party selection process.
It’s time to save the Labour Party & let the members decide.
youtu.be/gDrUn2RzfhI
Every single word applies again today to the situation in the Gorton and Denton Labour Party selection process.
It’s time to save the Labour Party & let the members decide.
youtu.be/gDrUn2RzfhI
Bryn Griffiths backs the right of local Labour parties to choose their candidates
YouTube video by Labour Left Podcast | @BrynHGriffiths
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January 23, 2026 at 10:18 PM
At Labour Party Conference 2022 I spoke in favour of local Labour Parties choosing election candidates.
Every single word applies again today to the situation in the Gorton and Denton Labour Party selection process.
It’s time to save the Labour Party & let the members decide.
youtu.be/gDrUn2RzfhI
Every single word applies again today to the situation in the Gorton and Denton Labour Party selection process.
It’s time to save the Labour Party & let the members decide.
youtu.be/gDrUn2RzfhI
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Evidence from @yougov.co.uk is crystal clear.
I'm not of Andy Burnham's politics, but come on: he's the only figure with any chance of rescuing Labour from its current seemingly terminal decline ...
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I'm not of Andy Burnham's politics, but come on: he's the only figure with any chance of rescuing Labour from its current seemingly terminal decline ...
bsky.app/profile/youg...
Andy Burnham is one of the few politicians to not currently have a negative net favourability rating among Britons, as reports of a potential by-election in Manchester fuel speculation of him making a return to Westminster
Favourable: 29%
Unfavourable: 29%
Net: =0
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Favourable: 29%
Unfavourable: 29%
Net: =0
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
January 22, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Evidence from @yougov.co.uk is crystal clear.
I'm not of Andy Burnham's politics, but come on: he's the only figure with any chance of rescuing Labour from its current seemingly terminal decline ...
bsky.app/profile/youg...
I'm not of Andy Burnham's politics, but come on: he's the only figure with any chance of rescuing Labour from its current seemingly terminal decline ...
bsky.app/profile/youg...
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Gerry Gable
By Andy Bell The death of Searchlight founder, publisher and sometimes editor Gerry Gable at 88 closes a chapter without which the story of British anti-fascism would look very different. For more than six decades he was a central, often controversial, but indispensable figure in the…
By Andy Bell The death of Searchlight founder, publisher and sometimes editor Gerry Gable at 88 closes a chapter without which the story of British anti-fascism would look very different. For more than six decades he was a central, often controversial, but indispensable figure in the…
Gerry Gable
By Andy Bell The death of Searchlight founder, publisher and sometimes editor Gerry Gable at 88 closes a chapter without which the story of British anti-fascism would look very different. For more than six decades he was a central, often controversial, but indispensable figure in the fight against fascism and the extreme right: an organiser, investigator and strategist who believed that understanding the enemy was the key to defeating it.
labourhub.org.uk
January 22, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Gerry Gable
By Andy Bell The death of Searchlight founder, publisher and sometimes editor Gerry Gable at 88 closes a chapter without which the story of British anti-fascism would look very different. For more than six decades he was a central, often controversial, but indispensable figure in the…
By Andy Bell The death of Searchlight founder, publisher and sometimes editor Gerry Gable at 88 closes a chapter without which the story of British anti-fascism would look very different. For more than six decades he was a central, often controversial, but indispensable figure in the…
I see the issue of alleged antisemitism on the left is again under wide discussion. Please can I recommend this podcast where Rachel Shabi argues why it’s so important that the left both understands and fights antisemitism whilst challenging bad faith allegations.
youtu.be/GAJ9KMnxKGQ
youtu.be/GAJ9KMnxKGQ
Off White: the Truth About Antisemitism Rachel Shabi on the Labour Left Podcast
YouTube video by Labour Left Podcast | @BrynHGriffiths
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January 18, 2026 at 8:42 AM
I see the issue of alleged antisemitism on the left is again under wide discussion. Please can I recommend this podcast where Rachel Shabi argues why it’s so important that the left both understands and fights antisemitism whilst challenging bad faith allegations.
youtu.be/GAJ9KMnxKGQ
youtu.be/GAJ9KMnxKGQ
Excellent Daily Mirror coverage of the latest clapped out Tory to fall off the conveyor belt into the hands of Nigel Farage.
“Are you Tories in disguise?”.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
“Are you Tories in disguise?”.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
19 Tories join Reform as Farage's party earns new 'disgraced' nickname
Reform UK has been branded a 'retirement home for disgraced former Conservative ministers' - The Mirror takes a look at all the big names who have defected to Reform.
www.mirror.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Excellent Daily Mirror coverage of the latest clapped out Tory to fall off the conveyor belt into the hands of Nigel Farage.
“Are you Tories in disguise?”.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
“Are you Tories in disguise?”.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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This is good! Not just accurate and politically on point but a really good read.
When crowds direct offensive chants at Keir Starmer, who’s to blame? I’m afraid he is | Jonathan Liew
When crowds direct offensive chants at Keir Starmer, who’s to blame? I’m afraid he is | Jonathan Liew
The PM’s technocrat tendencies and lack of obvious backbone make him a target for amorphous rage, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:12 AM
This is good! Not just accurate and politically on point but a really good read.
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It isn’t difficult to hold 2 thoughts, side by side, at the same time:
The people of Iran deserve freedom, dignity, & protection from state violence.
The US & Israeli governments have caused great harm to Iranians and don’t have the best interests of the Iranian people in mind.
The people of Iran deserve freedom, dignity, & protection from state violence.
The US & Israeli governments have caused great harm to Iranians and don’t have the best interests of the Iranian people in mind.
January 10, 2026 at 2:48 PM
It isn’t difficult to hold 2 thoughts, side by side, at the same time:
The people of Iran deserve freedom, dignity, & protection from state violence.
The US & Israeli governments have caused great harm to Iranians and don’t have the best interests of the Iranian people in mind.
The people of Iran deserve freedom, dignity, & protection from state violence.
The US & Israeli governments have caused great harm to Iranians and don’t have the best interests of the Iranian people in mind.
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I’ve tabled in Parliament a further Early Day Motion calling on David Lammy, as the Secretary of State for Justice, to engage with the legal
representatives of the pro Palestinian activists on hunger strike & whose health has seriously deteriorated. Urge your MP to sign EDM 2573
representatives of the pro Palestinian activists on hunger strike & whose health has seriously deteriorated. Urge your MP to sign EDM 2573
January 8, 2026 at 2:50 AM
I’ve tabled in Parliament a further Early Day Motion calling on David Lammy, as the Secretary of State for Justice, to engage with the legal
representatives of the pro Palestinian activists on hunger strike & whose health has seriously deteriorated. Urge your MP to sign EDM 2573
representatives of the pro Palestinian activists on hunger strike & whose health has seriously deteriorated. Urge your MP to sign EDM 2573
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What lessons can be learned from Zohran Mamdani’s successful campaign to be Mayor of New York?
Mike Phipps reviews Run Zohran Run! by Theodore Hamm, published by OR Books. Trump bombing Venezuela and kidnapping its President, Palestine Action hunger strikers close to death, ICE agents shooting…
Mike Phipps reviews Run Zohran Run! by Theodore Hamm, published by OR Books. Trump bombing Venezuela and kidnapping its President, Palestine Action hunger strikers close to death, ICE agents shooting…
What lessons can be learned from Zohran Mamdani’s successful campaign to be Mayor of New York?
Mike Phipps reviews Run Zohran Run! by Theodore Hamm, published by OR Books. Trump bombing Venezuela and kidnapping its President, Palestine Action hunger strikers close to death, ICE agents shooting dead an innocent woman in Minneapolis – it’s been a bleak start to 2026. Perhaps the only ray of hope was provided by the inauguration of Zohran Mamdani as the new Mayor of New York.
labourhub.org.uk
January 9, 2026 at 9:16 AM
What lessons can be learned from Zohran Mamdani’s successful campaign to be Mayor of New York?
Mike Phipps reviews Run Zohran Run! by Theodore Hamm, published by OR Books. Trump bombing Venezuela and kidnapping its President, Palestine Action hunger strikers close to death, ICE agents shooting…
Mike Phipps reviews Run Zohran Run! by Theodore Hamm, published by OR Books. Trump bombing Venezuela and kidnapping its President, Palestine Action hunger strikers close to death, ICE agents shooting…
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It was not "domestic terrorism.” It was state sanctioned violence.
A family will forever live with the pain caused by the admin's reckless and deadly actions.
Abolishing ICE is not enough. They must be held accountable.
A family will forever live with the pain caused by the admin's reckless and deadly actions.
Abolishing ICE is not enough. They must be held accountable.
Rep. Omar: Trump admin’s take on MN shooting is ‘delusional,’ ‘we’ve all seen the video’ | CNN
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar joins The Lead.
www.cnn.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:50 AM
It was not "domestic terrorism.” It was state sanctioned violence.
A family will forever live with the pain caused by the admin's reckless and deadly actions.
Abolishing ICE is not enough. They must be held accountable.
A family will forever live with the pain caused by the admin's reckless and deadly actions.
Abolishing ICE is not enough. They must be held accountable.
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Enjoying being back at work?
The freezing weather? The morning commute?
By noon today FTSE 100 CEO's have already earned the average workers yearly salary.
Average CEO pay is £4.4m, 113 times the median worker's salary.
It's time for change.
The freezing weather? The morning commute?
By noon today FTSE 100 CEO's have already earned the average workers yearly salary.
Average CEO pay is £4.4m, 113 times the median worker's salary.
It's time for change.
January 6, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Enjoying being back at work?
The freezing weather? The morning commute?
By noon today FTSE 100 CEO's have already earned the average workers yearly salary.
Average CEO pay is £4.4m, 113 times the median worker's salary.
It's time for change.
The freezing weather? The morning commute?
By noon today FTSE 100 CEO's have already earned the average workers yearly salary.
Average CEO pay is £4.4m, 113 times the median worker's salary.
It's time for change.
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Tony Vaughan is one of the new MPs elected for Labour last year & in his contributions to Commons debates has displayed a considered approach to issues. He’s certainly not what the media would call a”usual suspect.”I suspect he is reflecting here what many in the PLP feel.
The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Tony Vaughan is one of the new MPs elected for Labour last year & in his contributions to Commons debates has displayed a considered approach to issues. He’s certainly not what the media would call a”usual suspect.”I suspect he is reflecting here what many in the PLP feel.
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Keir starmer at PMQs accusing resident doctors of ‘abandoning patients’.
What a sickening way to describe hard working doctors who have dedicated their whole lives to protecting us.
Let’s have a serious debate and resolve the dispute - not attempt to turn worker against worker.
What a sickening way to describe hard working doctors who have dedicated their whole lives to protecting us.
Let’s have a serious debate and resolve the dispute - not attempt to turn worker against worker.
December 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Keir starmer at PMQs accusing resident doctors of ‘abandoning patients’.
What a sickening way to describe hard working doctors who have dedicated their whole lives to protecting us.
Let’s have a serious debate and resolve the dispute - not attempt to turn worker against worker.
What a sickening way to describe hard working doctors who have dedicated their whole lives to protecting us.
Let’s have a serious debate and resolve the dispute - not attempt to turn worker against worker.
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Huge news and probably the most significant win for the UK left since Corbyn became Labour leader in 2015. A comprehensive rejection of Starmerism by the country's biggest union and Labour's largest affiliate.
🚨I am delighted to have been elected as UNISON's next General Secretary.
This is a win for ordinary UNISON members. Read my statement below:
This is a win for ordinary UNISON members. Read my statement below:
December 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Huge news and probably the most significant win for the UK left since Corbyn became Labour leader in 2015. A comprehensive rejection of Starmerism by the country's biggest union and Labour's largest affiliate.
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⚽️ Sports Direct is the biggest sports retailer in the UK.
💰It expects to make between £550m & £600m this year & had a £3.20bn turnover last year. But they can't afford a pay rise or permanent contracts for its workers?
🪧Stop being a Grinch & pay up
💰It expects to make between £550m & £600m this year & had a £3.20bn turnover last year. But they can't afford a pay rise or permanent contracts for its workers?
🪧Stop being a Grinch & pay up
December 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
⚽️ Sports Direct is the biggest sports retailer in the UK.
💰It expects to make between £550m & £600m this year & had a £3.20bn turnover last year. But they can't afford a pay rise or permanent contracts for its workers?
🪧Stop being a Grinch & pay up
💰It expects to make between £550m & £600m this year & had a £3.20bn turnover last year. But they can't afford a pay rise or permanent contracts for its workers?
🪧Stop being a Grinch & pay up
The latest Labour Left Podcast is with New York’s Prof Ted Hamm. Find out how Zohran Mamdani became the Mayor of New York. Consider what’ll happen when he takes office on 1 Jan 2026. What can we learn from our own 1980s Red Ken? Please share. 1/4
December 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The latest Labour Left Podcast is with New York’s Prof Ted Hamm. Find out how Zohran Mamdani became the Mayor of New York. Consider what’ll happen when he takes office on 1 Jan 2026. What can we learn from our own 1980s Red Ken? Please share. 1/4
The latest issue of the Labour Left Podcast is out and the guest is Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP the Labour Left’s candidate in the recent Deputy Leadership Campaign. Hear about Bell’s fight against racism in Parliament. Links in replies. 1/4
November 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The latest issue of the Labour Left Podcast is out and the guest is Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP the Labour Left’s candidate in the recent Deputy Leadership Campaign. Hear about Bell’s fight against racism in Parliament. Links in replies. 1/4
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Labour Govt has the power to introduce PR - could adopt recommendations of the Royal (Jenkins’) Commission - commissioned by Tony Blair but not implemented. Partially introduced in Wales, Scotland and London. They won’t under Starmer cos he’s an infiltrator from Right controllers.
A Colchester City Council by election took place in my ward in Colchester on Thursday. In this article for @LabourHub I report on the result and put it in the context of the rise of Reform, political fragmentation, PR and the next General Election.
labourhub.org.uk/2025/10/26/a...
labourhub.org.uk/2025/10/26/a...
A story of fragmentation
On the same day as Labour’s crushing defeat in the Caerphilly by-election, which ended a Labour reign of 107 years in that seat, a local council by-election took place In Colchester. Br…
labourhub.org.uk
October 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Labour Govt has the power to introduce PR - could adopt recommendations of the Royal (Jenkins’) Commission - commissioned by Tony Blair but not implemented. Partially introduced in Wales, Scotland and London. They won’t under Starmer cos he’s an infiltrator from Right controllers.
A Colchester City Council by election took place in my ward in Colchester on Thursday. In this article for @LabourHub I report on the result and put it in the context of the rise of Reform, political fragmentation, PR and the next General Election.
labourhub.org.uk/2025/10/26/a...
labourhub.org.uk/2025/10/26/a...
A story of fragmentation
On the same day as Labour’s crushing defeat in the Caerphilly by-election, which ended a Labour reign of 107 years in that seat, a local council by-election took place In Colchester. Br…
labourhub.org.uk
October 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A Colchester City Council by election took place in my ward in Colchester on Thursday. In this article for @LabourHub I report on the result and put it in the context of the rise of Reform, political fragmentation, PR and the next General Election.
labourhub.org.uk/2025/10/26/a...
labourhub.org.uk/2025/10/26/a...
The latest Labour Left Podcast is out and I’ve been talking about Keir Starmer with Mark Perryman. Mark’s edited the best Starmer book so far - The Starmer Symptom. I think it’s fair to say neither of us are happy!
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October 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The latest Labour Left Podcast is out and I’ve been talking about Keir Starmer with Mark Perryman. Mark’s edited the best Starmer book so far - The Starmer Symptom. I think it’s fair to say neither of us are happy!
youtu.be/qb50qcMmcow?...
youtu.be/qb50qcMmcow?...
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@brynhgriffiths.bsky.social interviews Mark Perryman on his Labour Left Podcast: youtu.be/qb50qcMmcow?.... Great wide-ranging interview, on how politics is best when it's fun, the internal culture of the current Labour Party & (for me) a very moving Class Hero nomination for the late Mike Marqusee.
Mark Perryman Interview - The Starmer Symptom
YouTube video by Labour Left Podcast | @BrynHGriffiths
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October 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
@brynhgriffiths.bsky.social interviews Mark Perryman on his Labour Left Podcast: youtu.be/qb50qcMmcow?.... Great wide-ranging interview, on how politics is best when it's fun, the internal culture of the current Labour Party & (for me) a very moving Class Hero nomination for the late Mike Marqusee.
Today at #LabourConference2025 was the momentous day when the Labour Party membership and trades unionists began to find their voice again. Here’s a report in Labour Hub telling the story of the big decisions on Gaza and Wealth Tax motions.
#SavetheLabourParty
labourhub.org.uk/2025/09/29/l...
#SavetheLabourParty
labourhub.org.uk/2025/09/29/l...
Labour Conference votes for a full arms embargo on Israel
Conference comes to life as delegates vote to sanction Israel and demand a wealth tax. In a victory for the tireless campaigning mounted by solidarity activists, Labour’s Annual Conference has vote…
labourhub.org.uk
September 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Today at #LabourConference2025 was the momentous day when the Labour Party membership and trades unionists began to find their voice again. Here’s a report in Labour Hub telling the story of the big decisions on Gaza and Wealth Tax motions.
#SavetheLabourParty
labourhub.org.uk/2025/09/29/l...
#SavetheLabourParty
labourhub.org.uk/2025/09/29/l...