Mainstream
@mainstreamlabour.bsky.social
The home for Labour’s radical realists - united by values, driven by change.
Join us to unlock the transformative potential of the Labour Party.
http://mainstreamlabour.org/
Join us to unlock the transformative potential of the Labour Party.
http://mainstreamlabour.org/
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Mainstream is a network for everyone in the Labour Party and labour movement who wants to develop and champion the vision, policy, and strategy we need to transform the country - and win in 2029.
Become a member today: mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved
Become a member today: mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved
🌹We welcome that the Labour whip has been restored to Rachael Maskell, Chris Hinchliff, Brian Leishman and Neil Duncan-Jordan.
We are clear: only by drawing upon the energy and talents of our whole movement will Labour succeed in transforming the country and taking on Reform.
We are clear: only by drawing upon the energy and talents of our whole movement will Labour succeed in transforming the country and taking on Reform.
November 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
🌹We welcome that the Labour whip has been restored to Rachael Maskell, Chris Hinchliff, Brian Leishman and Neil Duncan-Jordan.
We are clear: only by drawing upon the energy and talents of our whole movement will Labour succeed in transforming the country and taking on Reform.
We are clear: only by drawing upon the energy and talents of our whole movement will Labour succeed in transforming the country and taking on Reform.
🌹🤔🤯Labour needs big, bold ideas fast, and we know that the mainstream of the party is brimming with them.
Pitch your submissions on Labour Party policy, strategy and culture to the Mainstream blog: actionnetwork.org/forms/whats-...
Pitch your submissions on Labour Party policy, strategy and culture to the Mainstream blog: actionnetwork.org/forms/whats-...
October 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🌹🤔🤯Labour needs big, bold ideas fast, and we know that the mainstream of the party is brimming with them.
Pitch your submissions on Labour Party policy, strategy and culture to the Mainstream blog: actionnetwork.org/forms/whats-...
Pitch your submissions on Labour Party policy, strategy and culture to the Mainstream blog: actionnetwork.org/forms/whats-...
We can't wait to meet Mainstream members and supporters in Sheffield tomorrow! 🌹
Register here: actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
Register here: actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
October 29, 2025 at 12:12 PM
We can't wait to meet Mainstream members and supporters in Sheffield tomorrow! 🌹
Register here: actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
Register here: actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
🎧 LISTEN: Member of Mainstream’s Interim Council, Neal Lawson, and our National Coordinator, Luke Hurst, were on the airwaves yesterday making the case for a broader Labour Party reconnected with its mainstream.
Only then will we be able to transform the country and take on Reform. 1/2
Only then will we be able to transform the country and take on Reform. 1/2
October 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
🎧 LISTEN: Member of Mainstream’s Interim Council, Neal Lawson, and our National Coordinator, Luke Hurst, were on the airwaves yesterday making the case for a broader Labour Party reconnected with its mainstream.
Only then will we be able to transform the country and take on Reform. 1/2
Only then will we be able to transform the country and take on Reform. 1/2
🌹Mainstream's Interim Council sends its congratulations to
@lucympowell.bsky.social, whom we endorsed after a ballot of our members.
This result must mark a shift toward a broader, bolder politics within Labour - so that we can build a democratic socialist programme to inspire the country.
@lucympowell.bsky.social, whom we endorsed after a ballot of our members.
This result must mark a shift toward a broader, bolder politics within Labour - so that we can build a democratic socialist programme to inspire the country.
October 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🌹Mainstream's Interim Council sends its congratulations to
@lucympowell.bsky.social, whom we endorsed after a ballot of our members.
This result must mark a shift toward a broader, bolder politics within Labour - so that we can build a democratic socialist programme to inspire the country.
@lucympowell.bsky.social, whom we endorsed after a ballot of our members.
This result must mark a shift toward a broader, bolder politics within Labour - so that we can build a democratic socialist programme to inspire the country.
🏴🌹A statement from Mainstream's Interim Council on Labour's tragic loss in Caerphilly.
We will be wiped out in Wales next May without a major reset.
We will be wiped out in Wales next May without a major reset.
October 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🏴🌹A statement from Mainstream's Interim Council on Labour's tragic loss in Caerphilly.
We will be wiped out in Wales next May without a major reset.
We will be wiped out in Wales next May without a major reset.
TODAY: vote for a broader, brighter and bolder Labour Party 🌹
Voting for Labour’s next Deputy Leader closes at MIDDAY today.
Mainstream recommends a vote for @lucympowell.bsky.social - who won 82.2% of the vote in a ballot of our members.
Voting for Labour’s next Deputy Leader closes at MIDDAY today.
Mainstream recommends a vote for @lucympowell.bsky.social - who won 82.2% of the vote in a ballot of our members.
October 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
TODAY: vote for a broader, brighter and bolder Labour Party 🌹
Voting for Labour’s next Deputy Leader closes at MIDDAY today.
Mainstream recommends a vote for @lucympowell.bsky.social - who won 82.2% of the vote in a ballot of our members.
Voting for Labour’s next Deputy Leader closes at MIDDAY today.
Mainstream recommends a vote for @lucympowell.bsky.social - who won 82.2% of the vote in a ballot of our members.
We asked Mainstream supporters why they're backing us to reconnect Labour with its core values and transformative potential.
Here's Christine's response 👇
Here's Christine's response 👇
October 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
We asked Mainstream supporters why they're backing us to reconnect Labour with its core values and transformative potential.
Here's Christine's response 👇
Here's Christine's response 👇
🗳️ 🗓️ Voting for Labour's next Deputy Leader is open until 23rd October.
After winning 82.2% of the vote in a ballot of our members, Mainstream recommends a vote for @lucympowell.bsky.social well.
Labour members should receive a link to vote by the end of today.
After winning 82.2% of the vote in a ballot of our members, Mainstream recommends a vote for @lucympowell.bsky.social well.
Labour members should receive a link to vote by the end of today.
October 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
🗳️ 🗓️ Voting for Labour's next Deputy Leader is open until 23rd October.
After winning 82.2% of the vote in a ballot of our members, Mainstream recommends a vote for @lucympowell.bsky.social well.
Labour members should receive a link to vote by the end of today.
After winning 82.2% of the vote in a ballot of our members, Mainstream recommends a vote for @lucympowell.bsky.social well.
Labour members should receive a link to vote by the end of today.
Mainstream's Interim Council on today's news of an imminent ceasefire and hostage release deal 👇
October 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Mainstream's Interim Council on today's news of an imminent ceasefire and hostage release deal 👇
Mainstream is coming to Sheffield! 🌹
Join us on 30th Oct at 'From Crisis to Renewal' for an evening of discussion and debate about how Labour can correct course and deliver the decade of national renewal we promised last year.
Tickets👇
actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
Join us on 30th Oct at 'From Crisis to Renewal' for an evening of discussion and debate about how Labour can correct course and deliver the decade of national renewal we promised last year.
Tickets👇
actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Mainstream is coming to Sheffield! 🌹
Join us on 30th Oct at 'From Crisis to Renewal' for an evening of discussion and debate about how Labour can correct course and deliver the decade of national renewal we promised last year.
Tickets👇
actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
Join us on 30th Oct at 'From Crisis to Renewal' for an evening of discussion and debate about how Labour can correct course and deliver the decade of national renewal we promised last year.
Tickets👇
actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
🗳️🌹Voting in the contest for Labour's next Deputy Leader opens today.
After winning 82.2% of the vote in a ballot of our members, Mainstream is endorsing @lucympowell.bsky.social.
We encourage those with a vote in this election to back Lucy. The contest closes on 23rd October.
After winning 82.2% of the vote in a ballot of our members, Mainstream is endorsing @lucympowell.bsky.social.
We encourage those with a vote in this election to back Lucy. The contest closes on 23rd October.
October 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🗳️🌹Voting in the contest for Labour's next Deputy Leader opens today.
After winning 82.2% of the vote in a ballot of our members, Mainstream is endorsing @lucympowell.bsky.social.
We encourage those with a vote in this election to back Lucy. The contest closes on 23rd October.
After winning 82.2% of the vote in a ballot of our members, Mainstream is endorsing @lucympowell.bsky.social.
We encourage those with a vote in this election to back Lucy. The contest closes on 23rd October.
After a ballot of our members, Mainstream endorses @lucympowell.bsky.social to be Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.
Thank you to all of our members for participating in this ballot.
Labour must be reset in line with pluralist, democratic socialist values. Mainstream backs Lucy to do this.
Thank you to all of our members for participating in this ballot.
Labour must be reset in line with pluralist, democratic socialist values. Mainstream backs Lucy to do this.
October 6, 2025 at 8:25 AM
After a ballot of our members, Mainstream endorses @lucympowell.bsky.social to be Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.
Thank you to all of our members for participating in this ballot.
Labour must be reset in line with pluralist, democratic socialist values. Mainstream backs Lucy to do this.
Thank you to all of our members for participating in this ballot.
Labour must be reset in line with pluralist, democratic socialist values. Mainstream backs Lucy to do this.
🌹A huge thanks to all who joined Mainstream's first ever gathering at Labour Party Conference this week.
We weren't in the fringe guide, but 150+ of you still came along to connect with determined Labour activists from across the UK.
📢 Speeches from the night below 👇
We weren't in the fringe guide, but 150+ of you still came along to connect with determined Labour activists from across the UK.
📢 Speeches from the night below 👇
October 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🌹A huge thanks to all who joined Mainstream's first ever gathering at Labour Party Conference this week.
We weren't in the fringe guide, but 150+ of you still came along to connect with determined Labour activists from across the UK.
📢 Speeches from the night below 👇
We weren't in the fringe guide, but 150+ of you still came along to connect with determined Labour activists from across the UK.
📢 Speeches from the night below 👇
Reposted by Mainstream
We are horrified by the appalling attack outside a synagogue in Manchester today, on the holiest day of the Jewish year. Our solidarity are with the victims, their families and the Jewish community.
Antisemitism has no place in our society. It must be confronted and defeated.
Antisemitism has no place in our society. It must be confronted and defeated.
October 2, 2025 at 12:43 PM
We are horrified by the appalling attack outside a synagogue in Manchester today, on the holiest day of the Jewish year. Our solidarity are with the victims, their families and the Jewish community.
Antisemitism has no place in our society. It must be confronted and defeated.
Antisemitism has no place in our society. It must be confronted and defeated.
We are appalled by today's attack at a synagogue in Manchester and extend our fullest solidarity to the victims, to their families and to the Jewish community.
The horror of antisemitism must be rooted out in all its forms, wherever it rears its ugly head.
The horror of antisemitism must be rooted out in all its forms, wherever it rears its ugly head.
October 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
We are appalled by today's attack at a synagogue in Manchester and extend our fullest solidarity to the victims, to their families and to the Jewish community.
The horror of antisemitism must be rooted out in all its forms, wherever it rears its ugly head.
The horror of antisemitism must be rooted out in all its forms, wherever it rears its ugly head.
A step in the right direction, but nothing less than the total abolition of the limit will suffice.
This is what the Mainstream of the Party and the country want. If it just becomes a ‘three-child benefit limit’, millions of children will keep suffering.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This is what the Mainstream of the Party and the country want. If it just becomes a ‘three-child benefit limit’, millions of children will keep suffering.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Rachel Reeves to lift two-child benefit cap in November’s budget
Exclusive: Officials exploring options to change rule that affected 1.7 million children in Great Britain last year
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A step in the right direction, but nothing less than the total abolition of the limit will suffice.
This is what the Mainstream of the Party and the country want. If it just becomes a ‘three-child benefit limit’, millions of children will keep suffering.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This is what the Mainstream of the Party and the country want. If it just becomes a ‘three-child benefit limit’, millions of children will keep suffering.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Reposted by Mainstream
Neal Lawson: « It’s up to all of us who want that decent, better society and want a programme for it to speak up. @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social was created for that. »
September 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Neal Lawson: « It’s up to all of us who want that decent, better society and want a programme for it to speak up. @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social was created for that. »
We're disappointed that the two-child benefit limit won't be debated at Labour Party Conference.
Social justice must be returned to the heart of Labour's programme and the mainstream of our party, which overwhelmingly backs an end to the limit, must be heard.
Social justice must be returned to the heart of Labour's programme and the mainstream of our party, which overwhelmingly backs an end to the limit, must be heard.
September 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
We're disappointed that the two-child benefit limit won't be debated at Labour Party Conference.
Social justice must be returned to the heart of Labour's programme and the mainstream of our party, which overwhelmingly backs an end to the limit, must be heard.
Social justice must be returned to the heart of Labour's programme and the mainstream of our party, which overwhelmingly backs an end to the limit, must be heard.
Reposted by Mainstream
"The Labour Party's lost."
Mainstream Interim Council member Neal Lawson explaining why Mainstream is needed now as much as ever on BBC Politics Live.
Mainstream Interim Council member Neal Lawson explaining why Mainstream is needed now as much as ever on BBC Politics Live.
September 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"The Labour Party's lost."
Mainstream Interim Council member Neal Lawson explaining why Mainstream is needed now as much as ever on BBC Politics Live.
Mainstream Interim Council member Neal Lawson explaining why Mainstream is needed now as much as ever on BBC Politics Live.
Delegates to #Lab25: in the Priorities Ballot, vote for 'Supporting Families'.
Let's put social justice back at the heart of Labour's programme and end the Tories' two-child benefit limit.
Let's put social justice back at the heart of Labour's programme and end the Tories' two-child benefit limit.
September 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Delegates to #Lab25: in the Priorities Ballot, vote for 'Supporting Families'.
Let's put social justice back at the heart of Labour's programme and end the Tories' two-child benefit limit.
Let's put social justice back at the heart of Labour's programme and end the Tories' two-child benefit limit.
84% of Labour members want an end to the two-child benefit limit.
Delegates must have an opportunity to debate party policy - and Labour must give children the opportunity of a life free from poverty and hunger.
In the Priorities Ballot, vote for 'SUPPORTING FAMILIES'.
Delegates must have an opportunity to debate party policy - and Labour must give children the opportunity of a life free from poverty and hunger.
In the Priorities Ballot, vote for 'SUPPORTING FAMILIES'.
September 27, 2025 at 10:45 AM
84% of Labour members want an end to the two-child benefit limit.
Delegates must have an opportunity to debate party policy - and Labour must give children the opportunity of a life free from poverty and hunger.
In the Priorities Ballot, vote for 'SUPPORTING FAMILIES'.
Delegates must have an opportunity to debate party policy - and Labour must give children the opportunity of a life free from poverty and hunger.
In the Priorities Ballot, vote for 'SUPPORTING FAMILIES'.
❗️❕❗️More and more Labour voices are calling for an end to the two-child benefit limit.
The 2025 Labour Party Conference must debate the two-child limit and vote to end it.
🗳️ In the Priorities Ballot, vote for 'Supporting Families' to secure a debate on the two-child limit.
The 2025 Labour Party Conference must debate the two-child limit and vote to end it.
🗳️ In the Priorities Ballot, vote for 'Supporting Families' to secure a debate on the two-child limit.
September 26, 2025 at 10:23 AM
❗️❕❗️More and more Labour voices are calling for an end to the two-child benefit limit.
The 2025 Labour Party Conference must debate the two-child limit and vote to end it.
🗳️ In the Priorities Ballot, vote for 'Supporting Families' to secure a debate on the two-child limit.
The 2025 Labour Party Conference must debate the two-child limit and vote to end it.
🗳️ In the Priorities Ballot, vote for 'Supporting Families' to secure a debate on the two-child limit.
🌹Labour can afford to end the two-child benefit limit.
But we can't afford for children to go hungry.
📢 Delegates to #Lab25: back 'Supporting Families' in the Priorities Ballot to secure a motion on ending the two-child benefit limit.
But we can't afford for children to go hungry.
📢 Delegates to #Lab25: back 'Supporting Families' in the Priorities Ballot to secure a motion on ending the two-child benefit limit.
September 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
🌹Labour can afford to end the two-child benefit limit.
But we can't afford for children to go hungry.
📢 Delegates to #Lab25: back 'Supporting Families' in the Priorities Ballot to secure a motion on ending the two-child benefit limit.
But we can't afford for children to go hungry.
📢 Delegates to #Lab25: back 'Supporting Families' in the Priorities Ballot to secure a motion on ending the two-child benefit limit.