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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/
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✍️NEW on the Mainstream blog:

Cllr Cai Parry (@caiparry.bsky.social) on 'Why Rachel Reeves Should Implement a Land Value Tax'.

Read it here: www.mainstreamlabour.org/blog/why-rac...
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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✍️NEW on the Mainstream blog:

Josh Westerling on 'The Real Lessons from Zohran Mamdani'

Read it here: mainstreamlabour.org/blog/the-real-lessons-from-zohran-mamdani
A red graphic which reads 'The Real Lessons from Zohran Mamdani. Josh Westerling' and showing a Mainstream logo in cream.
November 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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🌹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.
Mainstream’s Interim Council welcomes that the Labour whip has been restored to Rachael Maskell, Chris Hinchliff, Neil Duncan-Jordan and Brian Leishman. Our two co-founding organisations, Compass and Open Labour, strongly opposed the withdrawal of the whip from the four MPs, whose only crime was defending the commitment to social justice that our party was founded on. The suspension of the whip from members of the PLP must only ever be an absolute last resort. To transform the country and take on Reform, Labour must draw upon the energy and talents of its whole movement. Only then will we make good on our promise of change, taking action against the scourge of child poverty, tackling climate chaos, improving living standards and ensuring communities across the UK feel hope again.
November 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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🌹🤔🤯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-...
A yellow graphic with the Mainstream logo in red, which reads: ‘What’s your big idea? Write for the Mainstream blog.’ It shows a collection of people gathered around a table upon which a Labour rose is growing.
October 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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We can't wait to meet Mainstream members and supporters in Sheffield tomorrow! 🌹

Register here: actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
A purple and red graphic promoting Mainstream’s upcoming event in Sheffield, ‘From Crisis to Renewal’. It includes the following info: 30th October 2025, 7.00pm-10.00pm, Crookes Social Club, Mulehouse Road, Sheffield S10 1TD. It also includes the names of speakers: Olivia Blake, Labour MP for Sheffield Hallam. Neal Lawson, Mainstream Interim Council. And local campaigners from across Sheffield. There is an image of a Labour rose growing out of a collection of hills, hospitals, roads, council housing and buses.
October 29, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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What does Lucy Powell’s election as Deputy Leader mean for Labour? After the historic loss of Caerphilly, what should Labour’s electoral strategy look like?

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October 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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🎧 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
October 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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🌹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.
Mainstream’s Interim Council sends its congratulations to Labour’s new Deputy Leader, Lucy Powell, whom we endorsed after a ballot of our members. Lucy ran a positive campaign advocating for pluralism, democracy and a cultural course correction, pledging to bring members, affiliates and communities into Labour’s decision-making. Ending the two-child benefit limit, which we campaigned for at this year’s party conference, was also central to her campaign. Lucy’s victory today is a win for Labour’s mainstream. It shows that the majority of our movement wants Labour to be open, participatory and inclusive. Members have rejected the hyper-factional, top-down culture culpable for the missteps of our first year in government. The failed experiment in political centralisation being pursued by a tiny group at the top of the party must now end. The low turnout in this contest is a sign of the disillusionment and plummeting morale that this culture is provoking. The result of the Caerphilly by-election, where Labour went from first to third place, is a straw in the wind of what will happen next May and in the 2029 General Election unless the party has a major reset. This result must mark a shift toward a broader, bolder politics within Labour. Only then will we be able to construct a transformative, democratic socialist programme for the country. Mainstream will organise to make this a reality. The alternative is a Reform-led government.
October 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🌹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.
Labour’s historic defeat in Caerphilly is a tragedy, but not a surprise. So long as UK Labour governs without a clear vision and story to tell people who we are, detached from its moral purpose and democratic socialist foundations, losses like this will only become the norm A majority of voters in Caerphilly turned to Plaid Cymru and a significant number to Reform because they want change. The only way to resist this is by offering a popular, principled and practical left politics that can transform the country by raising living standards, redistributing power and wealth, and securing a stake for everyone in a national community that guarantees the essentials of a good life for all. That requires rejecting the hyper-factional culture determined to concentrate power at the top of the party. Instead, Labour must draw upon the wisdom, talent, and energy of its whole movement to build an offer that can inspire the public. Time is short. We promised the British people a decade of national renewal. Their patience is wearing thin, and their faith in Labour is slipping away. To win it back, we must reconnect Labour with its mainstream. The result is clear - Labour will be wiped out in Wales next May without a major reset.
October 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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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.
A graphic reading: Mainstream backs Lucy Powell. Members of Mainstream have voted by 82.2% to endorse Lucy Powell to be Labour's next Deputy Leader.
October 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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We asked Mainstream supporters why they're backing us to reconnect Labour with its core values and transformative potential.

Here's Christine's response 👇
A graphic reading: ‘Why does Mainstream’s mission matter to you?’ “The country desperately needs a real alternative to the right-wing politics of fear and alienation.” - Christine. It shows a red rose growing out of built infrastructure and rolling hills, and Mainstream’s logo in red is displayed at the top.
October 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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🗳️ 🗓️ 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.
A yellow graphic showing a red rose growing out of a ballot box. Red text reads ‘Voting for Labour’s Deputy Leader is open until 23rd October’. A red Mainstream flag logo is in the bottom right corner.
October 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Mainstream's Interim Council on today's news of an imminent ceasefire and hostage release deal 👇
A red and purple gradient graphic with the Mainstream logo which reads: We welcome today’s news that a ceasefire and hostage release deal is taking shape, which we hope will begin to bring an end to the killing in Gaza and untold suffering in the Middle East. The government must do all that it can to ensure that the deal holds together. We must also redouble efforts along diplomatic channels to ensure the international recognition of Palestine, and humanitarian aid must flow freely into Gaza immediately. Actively working to achieve a sustainable, long-term end to this conflict must be a priority for Labour. But we must then grapple with some difficult questions. How has the sale of arms to Israel been allowed to continue? What could have been done to reach a ceasefire before now? Looking to the future, Labour should construct a foreign policy with moral purpose, remembering the vision and values of the late Robin Cook, which takes seriously the pursuit of human rights and economic, social, democratic and climate justice internationally.
October 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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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...
A graphic reading: ’From Crisis to Renewal. 30th October 2025. 7.00pm to 10.00pm. Crookes Social Club, Mulehouse Road, Sheffield, S10 1TD. With: Olivia Blake, Labour MP for Sheffield Hallam. Neal Lawson, Mainstream Interim Council. And local campaigners from across Sheffield.' A rose growing out of infrastructure, hills and streets of happy people is displayed above the Mainstream logo on a red and purple gradient background.
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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🗳️🌹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.
A graphic reading: Mainstream backs Lucy Powell. Members of Mainstream have voted by 82.2% to endorse Lucy Powell to be Labour’s next Deputy Leader. It shows the Mainstream logo against a red and pink background, with an image of a rose growing from a collection of houses, hills, solar panels and hospitals.
October 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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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.
A graphic displaying a pie chart with three results: (1) endorse Lucy Powell, 82.2%; (2) make no endorsement, 9.1%; (3) endorse Bridget Phillipson, 8.7%. The graphic states: Mainstream backs Lucy Powell. Members of Mainstream have voted to endorse Lucy Powell to be Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.
October 6, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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And finally, Neal Lawson, another member of Mainstream's Interim Council, reminded us what this is all about: winning the transformative programme Labour needs to defeat Reform and change the country 🌹
October 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Another signatory to Mainstream's founding statement, the Labour MP for Stroud, @simonforstroud.bsky.social, told the gathering that fighting inequality must be at the heart of Labour's platform 🌹
October 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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General Secretary of @equityuk.bsky.social, the wonderful Paul Fleming, delivered a rallying cry for a Labour Party reconnected with the workers our party was founded to champion 🌹
October 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Next, @alexsobel.co.uk, MP for Leeds Central & Headingley and a member of Mainstream's Interim Council, made the case for a democratic socialism inspired by Robin Cook and global justice 🌹
October 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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We heard from the brilliant Labour MP for Brent East,
@dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social, on amplifying the voice of Labour's Mainstream🌹
October 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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🌹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 👇
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October 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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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.
September 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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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.
September 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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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'.
A graphic displaying the statistic that 84% of Labour Party members support an end to the two-child benefit limit. The rest of the graphic reads 'At this year's Labour Party Conference, let their voices be heard. In the Priorities Ballot, back 'Supporting Families' to debate the two-child benefit limit.'
September 27, 2025 at 10:45 AM