But the strategy document also makes clear that the new group, which sees itself as modelled on The Squad of Democrat lawmakers in the US, sees itself trying to pressure Keir Starmer from off and on his front bench, in other words working alongside Starmer and trying to steer him, rather than resist or remove him, listing among its tactical approaches: Media interventions by backbenchers to push the Labour frontbench to take moreprogressive positions An insider strategy within Labour frontbench teams for left-wing MPs who are alsofrontbenchers. @socialistcam Tweets Socialist Campaign Group @socialistcam Occasional tweets from the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs. Originally called the Gay Labour Group, [3] the purpose of this organisation is to campaign within the Labour Party and wider Labour movement to promote the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ( LGBT) peoples, and to encourage members of the LGBT community to support the Labour Party. Another day, another initiative on the Labour left. [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. They were trying to buy bolt-cutters to cut the fences at Greenham Common, but anytime they turned up at a shop anywhere near, they were denied the right to buy them. When the result of the referendum was announced Corbyn's opponents on the right and centre of the Parliamentary Labour Party sought to trigger a leadership election on the grounds that they did not think he had campaigned sufficiently vigorously for Remain. It would be accurate, at least. Absolutely right Andy. [46], As part of his campaign John McDonnell published his manifesto as a book entitled Another World Is Possible: A Manifesto for 21st Century Socialism.[47]. Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP At a meeting of the Socialist Campaign Group on 3 June it was decided that, with McDonnell and Abbott both ruling themselves out after having stood previously, Jeremy Corbyn should be the left's candidate for leader. This decision and the division it causes severely undermines efforts to unite to defeat antisemitism and fully implement the EHRC recommendations and to challenge and defeat this disastrous Conservative government. office possibly that is why it has taken them so long to produce Diane Abbott MP Where do they stand on the dangerous, fake pandemic? FWIW, I like the new financially independent group is honest, specifically: * That its not separatist against the authoritarian pro-neoliberal, (anti-socialist) centrists; * that it remains like a thorn in its side within the historical Labour party (until the aggressive RW gets its act together and suspends every single group member and the tens of thousands of former party members who support, raise money for, sustain community links and campaign in support of the new group; * that it is investigating a new organisational structure (not least to protect itself from the authoritarian pro-crony-capitalism clique currently serving Sir Keir of the Establishment Starmer, but sure as eggs someone else in the very near future). It brought to an end a decades-long, Angela Rayner has declared that evidence presented by the privileges committee is absolutely damning for Boris Johnson after, Huq regains whip following suspension for calling Kwarteng superficially Black, The Mo Mowlam cinematic arts studio is a fitting tribute to her remarkable life, Rayner: Privileges committee evidence absolutely damning for Johnson, Labour warned relationship with trans people could be irreversibly fractured, Labours parliamentary selection process is under scrutiny for good reason, Our rolling list of Labour parliamentary candidate selections, Exclusive: Byrne files official notification over alleged intimidation, Book review: Out of the Blue by James Heale and Harry Cole, LabourList relies on the support of its readers please donate. But among the Socialist Campaign Group of MPs, many alleged the party was no longer able be the broad church that it was under other successful Labour leaders such as Clement Attlee and. [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. Brilliant contribution my friend, cheers. The right of free speech and assembly, the entrenchment of civil liberties and human rights and the right to organise voluntary associations and free trade unions for the purpose of protecting and improving the prospects for those who belong to them, and in particular, the right to withdraw labour as a means of securing justice. Scroll to top Blair ally Patricia Hewitt was alleged to have described the rebellion as a "conspiracy organised by the Socialist Campaign Group"[20]. Signed (32 names) . . London: Macmillan. The Socialist Campaign Group ( SCG ), also known as the Campaign Group, is a left-wing, democratic socialist grouping of Labour Party Members of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom . Another re-arrangement of the 3rd class passengers deck chairs on the sinking ship I see. It was here that members of the Socialist Campaign Group - the 35 most left-wing MPs in the Labour party - spent three days parading their grievances with the Starmer project. It appears that the UKs four Chief Medical Officershave already concluded Water Fluoridation is safe, citing the footnoted references made in the Policy Paper. [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. These Rebel MPs Are Planning a War with Labour Austerity Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell and their socialist mates won't let a Labour government implement more austerity. Borax is used allot in blacksmithing as well to help forge welding or joining 2 bits of usually steel especially in Damacus or pattern weald steel for knives and other sharp stabby stuff to stop oxygen messing up the weald. to see this bullshit! lead pipe and wiped moleskin soldered joints using tallow and plumbers black we moved into copper and soldered \brazed joints and active flux.Five years Apprenticeship and then further studys in just what our water supplies including the notorious flouride and now Graffine..Somebody needs to do somthing about this disgraceful attempt by unregulated private money making companys that are litterly poisoning the people.to avoid any attempt at purifying our water supplies through filtered beds of granules which from their point of veiw is expensive and Labour intensive. Cant see him here: Andy Fantasy politics : A new party led by Howard Beckett(?) He told The Times newspaper "I am here today because thousands of people who elected me just cannot afford to pay. Mary Foy MP Ian Lavery MP So, these MPs and MSP are going to fund this, in part, with 1000 payments from their training budget? It brought to an end a decades-long, Angela Rayner has declared that evidence presented by the privileges committee is absolutely damning for Boris Johnson after, Huq regains whip following suspension for calling Kwarteng superficially Black, The Mo Mowlam cinematic arts studio is a fitting tribute to her remarkable life, Rayner: Privileges committee evidence absolutely damning for Johnson, Labour warned relationship with trans people could be irreversibly fractured, Labours parliamentary selection process is under scrutiny for good reason, Our rolling list of Labour parliamentary candidate selections, Exclusive: Byrne files official notification over alleged intimidation, Book review: Out of the Blue by James Heale and Harry Cole, LabourList relies on the support of its readers please donate. [22], Campaign Group MP Alan Simpson launched Labour Against The War to coordinate parliamentary opposition to Tony Blair's decision to follow George W. Bush in invading Iraq. It is the funds from hidden and unknown sources which Really interesting, thank you Joseph. [66], Following the 2019 general election, the Socialist Campaign Group reformed for 20192024. Jeremy Corbyn will be turning up for the fifty years commemoration since thirteen civilians were murdered by Crown forces on the streets of Derry.Fifty years and still no justice for the murders of innocent civilians.Jeremy Corbyn has always been in the right place at the right time to support the victims of British Occupation of partitioned Ireland.God bless him and all peacemakers. True enough. Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP The right to life, free from fear, oppression, ignorance, preventable ill-health or poverty. Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email. [36] The scale of this defeat was a surprise to Benn, in particular the decline in support from CLPs since the 1983 election, and strengthened Kinnock's position, which he used to take the party further towards centrism. So there is surely nothing wrong in forming [28][29] It supported Rebecca Long-Bailey for Leader and Richard Burgon for Deputy Leader in the 2020 Labour Party leadership election, which was won by Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner, respectively. Well, they seem to be anticipating some funding already, bank account? Off topic.. Not only do the PTB want to slowly poisonous all, but they are using falsehoods to do so: The following clips from a letter sent to Boris Johnson by two scientists regarding the Governments intention to fluoridate the water supply are self-explanatory: Further to our letter dated 5th September 2021, we have not yet received any acknowledgement of its receipt or any reply from your office despite it being sent by recorded delivery. Diane Abbott is the Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington. The right of access, throughout life, to the full range of human knowledge, through education at school, in college and afterwards. anyone care to guess if Starmer is one of them ? Until that is done the Gulf War will be the first of many such wars where Western countries declare war on Third World countries, allegedly for reasons of international law but in reality for an unjust economic order and against people attempting to claim their right to self-determination like the Kurds. Although Blair was able to win these votes with the support of Conservative MPs, 139 Labour MPs voted against his plans for war, one of the largest rebellions ever seen in the Commons. [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. [31][32], Tony Benn could not stand because he was not currently in Parliament at the time, having just lost his seat. Peace and Justice Joseph. For example: is it because Richard Branson who resides in the Virgin Islands and yes, his State pension is frozen? 47 Labour MPs voted against the proposals including Campaign Group members Ken Livingstone, Ronnie Campbell, Tony Benn, Jeremy Corbyn, Ann Cryer, Alan Simpson, John McDonnell, Dennis Skinner, Audrey Wise, and Diane Abbott. [5], The Campaign Group subsequently organised itself around opposition to the direction the party took under the leadership of Kinnock and his successors. https://endfrozenpensions.org/ No further words are needed. 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]. [2] Corbyn was immediately nominated by Campaign Group MPs including John McDonnell (who became chair of his campaign), Diane Abbott, Ronnie Campbell, Kelvin Hopkins, Michael Meacher, Dennis Skinner, Richard Burgon, Clive Lewis and Cat Smith. On Monday evening, MPs from the Socialist Campaign Group (SCG) issued a statement through Twitter denouncing the government's coronavirus policy as "class war.". They will not rest until the Labour Party has been purged of all traces of socialism. 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. Is not Starmer doing both with HQ staff? Our dedicated coverage of Labour's policies and personalities, internal debates, selections and elections relies on donations from our readers. It was at a meeting of the Campaign Group in June 2015 that the decision was taken that Jeremy Corbyn would contest for the leadership of the Labour Party. The Knights Who Say Kni? Socialist Campaign Group MPs are doubtful that a candidate could secure the 40 MP nominations required to stand against an incumbent leader. Jeremy Corbyn is the MP for Islington North and former leader of the Labour Party. that the group hopes to persuade to part with cash to achieve an alliance between GND [green new deal] and new/progressive economics. LOL. Flying . On the subject of Northern Ireland I have just seen Belfast Corrupt or corrupted? To avoid this party officials changed the rules mid-contest, at the suggestion of Gould, to allow MPs who had already nominated a candidate to withdraw and support another instead. Id like to be able to be a community-member of this new group, but not need to rejoin Labou to be so. These schools would, like academies, determine their own curriculum and ethos, appoint the governing body, control their own assets, employ their own staff and set their own admissions policy. Another complete waste of time and money. They are only copying their leader after all In May that year, largely thanks to Unite's new political strategy, a small group of young socialist MPs, including Clive Lewis, Richard Burgon, and Rebecca Long-Bailey, were elected, countering the trend of an ageing and diminishing Parliamentary left. Not at all, I thought it was important enough to post it more than once. Is this: Christine Blower The book is premised on two interdependent theses: first, that 'Corbynism' was the product of social-movement politics outside the Labour Party; second, that its decline was set in motion by its drift away from those same social movements. Hope Im not proved wrong. Build bridges with Starmer, secure their careers as Labour MPs as the real left is driven out. In light of this, the decision to not restore the whip to Jeremy Corbyn is wrong and damaging to the Labour Party. [17], Alan Simpson, a member of the Campaign Group during the New Labour years, described it as "the only bolt-hole of real political thought that I found throughout my parliamentary years they were the MPs you would always find on picket lines, at trade union and social movement rallies, on anti-war marches and at the forefront of campaigns to restore rather than exploit the planet. Our regular supporters fuel everything we do. The Socialist Campaign Group, officially the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs and also known as the Campaign Group, is a left-wing, democratic socialist grouping of the Labour Party 's Members of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Answer nothing. In a document shared following a meeting of the group on Wednesday evening, the left Labour MPs urged members dismayed by the suspension to stay and fight for his reinstatement and for the policies for the many not the few. Hopefully on the right side of history. If the money comes from themselves and from inside the Labour Party Hiow long befoe it is proscribed by Starmer? Not in my book at least. and I dont think they have the political bottle to take on the Labour Right and the rich and powerful, with the advocacy of left wing policies and actions. We all know what they must do, a new party and fuck this neoliberal shitshow Labour party. I wont give up. [75], A website of the same name, providing electronic versions of some of the articles in the printed edition and lists of Campaign Group MPs, was run from 1999[76] to 2010.[77]. Only one of the eleven (Kim Johnson) voted against the welfare cap. Seems to be a gang of soft left MPs going through very expensive PR exercise for themselves. Labour has been served with an unlawful act notice on the basis of the investigation by the EHRC. They have cut off the arms of the Left Labour MPs. Tony Benn's decision to challenge Denis Healey for the Deputy Leadership of the Labour Party in 1981 was heavily criticised by Labour's leader, Michael Foot,[3] who had long been associated with the Labour left and Tribune Group. (Monty Pythons). [43][44], In 2007 only 24 of 353 Labour MPs were members of the Socialist Campaign Group and party rules required nominations from 45 MPs (12.5% of the Parliamentary Labour Party) to make it onto the ballot paper. Labour MP for Streatham. Corbyn's opponents in the National Executive Committee were alleged by Robert Peston to have sought to "fix"[65] the result by increasing the fee for becoming a registered supporter from 3 to 25 and excluding from voting the 130,000 new members who had joined in the previous 6 months. The right to useful and satisfying work, balanced with leisure, to meet the needs of society. This is either going down with a fight OR the beginning of a super, socially relevant and economically radical, a democratic socialist rebirth. She was sacked from Cabinet the following year. 1981 Labour Party deputy leadership election, 200,000 strong anti-Poll Tax demonstration, 1983 Labour Party leadership election (UK), 1988 Labour Party leadership election (UK), 2007 Labour Party leadership election (UK), 2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK), 2015 Labour Party leadership election (UK), 2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), 2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), "The Tax That Helped Destroy Margaret Thatcher", "The Poll Tax: The battle that brought down Thatcher", "The wilderness years: how Labour's left survived to conquer", "Blair's Coup d'Etat or Why the PLP is so right wing", "Lone parents' benefit cut: What makes Harriet Harman tick? 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. Open Letter To The Socialist Campaign Group May 14, 2021 by Chelley Ryan Dear Socialist Campaign Group, A few days ago I made the gut wrenching decision to resign my membership of the Labour Party after 11 years. The Centre-Left was an elitist alliance between parliamentary supporters of former Labor leader Bill Hayden (who had resigned in favor of Bob Hawke) and smaller state party officials who feared the move away from equal state representation at National Conferences would lead to a loss of influence. One can only hope that this new group proves to be more effective than the SCG. Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP He should be reinstated as soon as possible so we can focus on implementing the EHRC recommendations., Statement following tonights meeting of the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs. Enquiry as they were gathering their evidence? Some activists have been campaigning for this to end for over 20 years. It was a campaign initiated by that well known opponent of racism, the Daily Mail in an article written even . Just wonder if this is the prelude to a leadership bid by at least a couple of them. If you dont care, please let me know why. A caucus of eleven new left Labour MPs and an MSP from the Socialist Campaign Group (SCG) of left-wing Labour MPs have agreed to set up a separate group with its own funding, priorities and at least one staff member. It looks to me like an attempt by a group of MPs to differentiate themselves from the SCG in the hope that they can retain their positions in the face of a possible removal of all left- wing members of the PLP. If you wish to republish this post for non-commercial use, you are welcome to do so seeherefor more. ", This page was last edited on 30 January 2023, at 22:23. 18 Socialist Campaign Group MPs in parliament have signed a statement declaring that they oppose the suspension of Jeremy Corbyn and calling for the disciplinary action to be "quickly reversed". Jon Trickett MP Starmer attended the talks with reps from the Board of Deputies, the Jewish Labour Movement, the Jewish Leadership Council and the Community Security Trust alongside deputy leader Angela Rayner and general secretary David Evans. The SCG statement describing the reinstatement of Corbyn as correct and the continued suspension of the party whip as wrong and damaging has 32 signatories, including 27 Labour MPs plus Claudia Webbe. "[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. However, three (3) of the five cited footnoted references [21, 23 & 24], claiming that the evidence does not support the US-funded Bashash 2017 and Green 2019 studies, were published before 2017 and thus it is absurd to use them to dismiss such important findings. Not a Socialist. The defeat of Jeremy Corbyn has given the right inside and outside the Labour Party a mandate to press ahead with their campaign against the left. John McDonnell, then Chair of the Socialist Campaign Group, argued "Our sincere hope is that the prime minister desists from relying upon a [David] Cameron coalition to force his education policies through in the face of this overwhelming opposition within the parliamentary Labour party. The Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs on the party's left wing have issued a statement calling for the reversal of the decision taken by Keir Starmer not to restore the whip to Jeremy Corbyn. MS by Michael Segalov,. Ive warned about this for decades, ever since Blair let his idea out during the 9 As we can all see thats been a rip-roaring success. Mick Whitley MP As our binary message then you cannot fail with Red or Tory, The politics in this country are well and truly fucked up, Im really not keen on some of my bedfellows, its time to get back to some kind of normality Navendu Mishra MP The BBC's Adam Fleming revealed that the Socialist Campaign Group - a . Can I ask you why you think hes a Socialist? 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.. Pauline Bryan, By clicking subscribe you confirm you have read and agree to our privacy policy. Theres a link to the letter at the end of the following FAN article: UK UPDATE: Scientists Send Second Letter to Boris Johnson, https://fluoridealert.org/content/bulletin_01-28-22/, Alan Howard.I have a real and continuing interest in water supplies and whats exactly is in it.From a slow start as a indentured plumbing Apprenticeship and a difficult transition from North to south I attended a number of colleges in Bolton and East Surrey Redhill Tech.From starting with.