As I interview Hilary Benn, MP for Leeds Central, it is obvious that he’s been here many times before. Having held the same office for twenty years, Benn is a seasoned politician. Perhaps this comes […]
Labour’s 2019 Campaign For Opposition
December’s General Election was the final climax of three political years where everything and nothing seemed to change on a daily basis. The Conservatives’ now massive majority means the days of impending government collapse and […]
Why Corbyn Lost and Why Bernie Might Win
The Labour party is facing annihilation; everyone seems to agree on this, but few have truly internalised it. Much of the Left have almost immediately relapsed into the banal optimism of the Corbyn project and […]
An Interview with Keir Starmer
Sir Keir Starmer is currently the front-runner in the race to replace Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party. An alumnus at the University of Leeds for a Bachelor of Law, LSTV and The […]
A New Dawn for the Broken Labour Party? An Interview with Dawn Butler
“I don’t like losing. The last election was a catastrophic loss, the country needs better,” says Dawn Butler, the Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities and MP for Brent Central. She is the […]
Fabian Hamilton, MP for Leeds North East, Endorses Emily Thornberry for Labour Leader
Fabian Hamilton, MP for Leeds West, is the latest MP to endorse Emily Thornberry ( Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Affairs) in the Labour Leadership race. Thornberry has also been nominated […]
The Working Class Revolt Against Labour
On the 12th December 2019, the inevitable finally happened. Labour’s red wall came crashing down in quite spectacular fashion. The former coal mining town of Blyth Valley was the first of the night to turn […]
Another Brick In The Wall; Why Labour’s Northern Vote Collapsed
We ran social media and communications for John Grogan’s re-election campaign for Keighley and Ilkley. We attempted to defend a majority of 249 in a seat which arguably typified the mood of the English electorate. […]
Are Televised Debates A Thing Of The Past?
A general election and televised debates go hand in hand: this election has been no different. The two most notable thus far include the ITV debate between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn, and the Question […]
Labour In the Hands of the Left
Picture the scene. Labour makes heavy losses to both the Tory’s and Liberal Democrats and Johnson forms a government with a sizeable majority. There is a resurgence on the Labour right lamenting Corbynism as a […]
An Afternoon with Hilary Benn: Leeds Economics Society Pose Questions to Labour’s Candidate for Leeds Central
Hilary Benn has played a central role in the Brexit process since Theresa May set up the Select Committee for Exiting the European Union, which Benn chaired. Benn was invited by LUU Economics Society to […]
YouGov Poll Predicts Who Will Win Leeds Seats
According to YouGov’s 2019 General Election poll, no parliamentary seats in Leeds city will change. The Labour candidates in Leeds Central, Leeds East, Leeds West, Leeds North East and Leeds North West are all expected […]