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Progressives must unite to see off the far right

Letters: Steve Williams and Jill Green respond to an article by Neal Lawson on cross-party cooperation

The Guardian - UK

After 44 years as a Labour member, I spent 18 months facing expulsion. This is what the party got wrong

People are being threatened and punished at the hint of cross-party cooperation. It’s control freakery we cannot afford, says Neal Lawson of the cross-party campaign organisation Compass

The Guardian - UK

Green party’s ‘progressive politics’ leaves members out in the cold

Letters: Readers respond to a piece by Neal Lawson on the party’s decision to expel activists who united to oust Jeremy Hunt

The Guardian - UK

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The Greens, expelling activists for uniting to oust Jeremy Hunt? So much for progressive politics

Local members collaborated to support a Lib Dem candidate. Green HQ’s response is a sad turn away from hope, says Neal Lawson, director of Compass

The Guardian - UK

Labour divided over calls to scrap first past the post after landslide win

Leadership won’t take the risk of proportional representation but members are pushing for change

The Guardian - UK

Just one term? There is a strategy that can get Keir Starmer to No 10 – and keep him there

The answer is for Labour to work with progressive parties. Voting patterns show just how effective that would be, says Compass director Neal Lawson

The Guardian - UK

A revolution in the way Britain does politics has begun in Devon. Tory MPs should be afraid

There’s an urgent need for a fairer electoral system – and if politicians won’t make it happen, the people will, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK

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Labour at risk of taking Muslim voters for granted, says thinktank

Rochdale byelection loss will concern MPs in seats with big Muslim populations, says Compass director

The Guardian - UK

This narrow, win-at-all-costs strategy could take Labour to victory, but not to power

Without bold, transformative ideas, success will simply tie the party’s hands, says Compass director Neal Lawson

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s broad church has been disestablished

Letters: Readers on the Labour party’s ruthless expulsion of members

The Guardian - UK

Neal Lawson on the threat of expulsion by Labour: ‘They are making sure no one on the left has a platform’

The founder of Compass has been a Labour member for over 40 years. But last month he was invited to defend himself over a two-year-old tweet - and he now awaits the party’s judgment

The Guardian - UK

Labour must learn to cooperate again

The idea of expelling Neal Lawson, an advocate of cross-party working and pluralism, goes against the party’s founding principles

The Guardian - UK

Starmer letting right-wing Labour faction try to destroy party left – McDonnell

The backbench MP has written to the party leader to complain that dissenting voices are being stifled.

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on Labour’s crackdown on free thinkers: it’s bad for the party and politics

Editorial: The move against Neal Lawson illuminates a wider strategy to march Labour ever rightwards under the cover of big poll leads

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The National (Scotland)

Labour has ‘culture of fear’ and is run by 'pound shop Blairites', Labour MP says

A LABOUR MP has accused Keir Starmer of creating a “culture of fear” in which the Labour Party’s left-wing MPs are worried of being ousted…

The Guardian - UK

In order to win, Labour is sacrificing its principles

Letters: Lyn A Dade calls for an end to the party system, while Michael Gwilt says Labour is holding our votes hostage against the return of Tory rule. Plus Deborah Wilkinson on the need for a diverse leftwing government

The National (Scotland)

Labour led by right-wing, illiberal group engaged in witch-hunt, says senior MP

KEIR Starmer’s Labour party has fallen under the control of a “right-wing, illiberal” faction undertaking a “witch hunt” against the left…

The Independent UK

Labour led by right-wing, illiberal group engaged in witch-hunt, says MP

A ‘right-wing, illiberal faction’ has taken over Labour and is engaging in a ‘witch-hunt’, Jon Cruddas has claimed.

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The Guardian - UK

‘Rightwing, illiberal’: Labour MP Jon Cruddas condemns Keir Starmer’s ‘witch-hunt’

MP says moves to discipline Neal Lawson, who heads pressure group Compass, are a ‘disgrace’

The Independent UK

Labour divided over tactical voting to block Tories at by-elections

Exclusive: Starmer and Davey urged to strike informal deal – as new figures show success of tactical voting campaign

The Independent UK

Prominent Labour member angry at party over ‘ludicrous’ potential expulsion

Labour is facing criticism after it was accused of moving to potentially suspend a prominent member over a two-year-old tweet.

The Guardian - UK

Labour strategists won’t flinch at being called control freaks

The possible expulsion of a ‘harmless’ activist for a two-year-old tweet may look intolerant, but Keir Starmer’s fixers are determined to stamp out mistakes

The National (Scotland)

Labour member of 44 years lashes out at 'playground bullies' in party leadership

A LABOUR member for 44 years has launched a vicious attack on Keir Starmer’s party – claiming he was expelled for an innocuous tweet ...

The Guardian - UK

Compass chief says he faces Labour expulsion and attacks party ‘tyranny’

Centre-left pressure group’s Neal Lawson says under Keir Starmer a clique is ‘behaving like playground bullies’

The Guardian - UK

After 44 years, Labour moves to expel me. And my MP and activist friends are asking: who will be next?

There seem to be bullies at the top who don’t understand pluralism. They see only true believers and sworn enemies, says Neal Lawson, director of the cross-party campaign organisation Compass

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