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Image Description: Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer looking out into the distance ‘Opposition: in politics is the party that restrains the government from violent insanity, undercutting its hamstring’ wrote American writer, journalist, and veteran Ambrose Bierce. Sir Keir Starmer’s opposition does not fall under this definition. Starmer’s Labour Party understandably supported the government in the […]
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Image description: The Union chamber at the start of the debate The Oxford Union passed a motion of no confidence in Her Majesty’s Government on Thursday night by a resounding majority of 228 to 95. The vote is a stinging rebuke to Boris Johnson, a former president of the Union. The ‘no confidence’ debate is […]
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Image Description: A close up of Keir Starmer’s face I take full responsibility- Keir Starmer’s words in the aftermath of Labour’s loss at the Hartlepool by-election and a disappointing performance at local elections across the county. Yet, less than a day later, rumours were circulating that Starmer was moving to sack Deputy Leader, Angela Rayner, […]
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Image description: Boris Johnson speaking while sitting at a desk, in the background is a large UK flag PROPOSITION (Ciara Garcha) Plans to create a breakaway European Super League were likened to a “cartel” by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who assured fans that the government would not stand by while a small handful of owners […]
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Image description: Students sitting on the steps of the Bodleian Library on Broad Street On Monday evening, Oxford University Labour Club held an extraordinary general meeting in the wake of several resignations from the Society. New Co-Chairs, an LGBTQIA+ officer, and Secretary were elected in a by-election following hustings in the same meeting. Laura Ennis […]
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Image Description: University Parks Michael O’Connor, a 1st year BPhil student at Balliol College, has been elected as Labour Councillor for the University Parks ward in the Oxfordshire County Council elections that took place on 6th May 2021. University Parks is a central Oxford division, covering the majority of Oxford University Colleges and some residential […]
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Image Description: a headshot of Grace Blakeley against the backdrop of a drawing of Oxford’s skyline and the text ‘Grace Blakeley: Alumni Series’ To start off our Alumni series, I was very excited to speak to Grace Blakeley, a former PPE student at my own college, St Peter’s. A prominent figure on the left in […]
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Image description: A view from the back of Jeremy Corbyn giving an address. A few weeks ago, Jeremy Corbyn was suspended from the Labour Party. Then, he was reinstated. The disappointment was crushing. And then this morning I woke up to the joyous news that he would not receive the Labour whip. That makes him […]
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Image description: screen on truck reads “Holocaust deniers harboured by Labour”. Edited over the top is Jeremy Corbyn’s outline, over which is placed a prohibition symbol, as well as Boris Johnson’s outline, over which is placed a question mark. CW: discussion of anti-Semitism and anti-Semitic tropes Finally, Labour has begun to tackle the anti-Semitism rife […]
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Image Description: the British Parliament, lit, at night Athena Kam: a blow to the rule of law ‘Participation in criminal conduct is an essential and inescapable feature’, states the British Government about their Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS) Bill, introduced on Thursday 24 September. The Bill permits otherwise illegal activities by MI5 and other public […]
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The Oxford University Labour Club (OULC) breached data protection rules by making the email addresses of subscribers to its mailing list public, in a newsletter email sent last night. At least 100 email addresses were leaked, less than a week after the Oxford University Conservative Association (OUCA) made a similar blunder. Some recipients of the […]
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Image Description: Diane Abbott at the ‘Don’t Bomb Syria’ protest Diane Abbott’s treatment in the media in recent years has been nothing short of a public persecution. Whether it is in regards to her drinking a ‘tinnie’ on the London Overground last spring or her getting the numbers wrong when discussing Labour’s plans for more […]
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Rebecca Long-Bailey, MP for Salford since 2015, is one of four candidates currently vying for the position of leader of the Labour Party. I sat down with her prior to a speech she delivered in Blackbird Leys community centre on 27th January 2020, where we discussed her bid for leadership. I was keen to know […]
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Image description: Out-going leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn. With Jeremy Corbyn having announced his resignation as leader following the December 2019 election, the contest for his replacement is heating up. Of those who formerly expressed an interested, five have made it through to the next round: Keir Starmer, Rebecca Long Bailey, Lisa Nandy, […]
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The United Kingdom is breaking. That, I trust, is not controversial. Visit one of our underfunded, understaffed hospitals, which are managing the worst A&E waiting times on record, and tell me that our NHS is working. Talk to one of the more-than-a-million households who don’t receive their full Universal Credit entitlement, or the 4.1 million […]
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Labour Assembly Member Mark Drakeford is known for his unassuming style of leadership. I was, I confess, taken aback slightly by Drakeford’s candour: particularly gutsy was his open indifference towards Oxbridge (especially as the Welsh Government has put improving access firmly on the agenda, through programmes like the Seren Network). My overall impression, however, was […]
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For many on the left, private education is indisputably negative. Without question, the existence of private schools contradicts social justice. They afford some children access to better education by virtue of their parent’s income, bastions of privilege that work to perpetuate social inequality. As someone who is broadly leftwing, I do not wish to dispute […]
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Education, education, education (but only for the rich): Private schools creates a two-tier education system and must be abolished. It’s no secret that our education system is wholly unfair, and if nationalisation of private schools will cost us money in the long term, it’s a price worth paying. In September this year, the Labour Party […]
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Oxford University Labour Club has released a statement condemning the decision of Labour’s National Executive Committee to reinstate Chris Williamson as a member of the party. The Derby North MP was suspended from Labour in February this year, following the publication of footage of him saying Labour had been “too apologetic” regarding allegations of anti-Semitism. […]
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