‘The Labour Party and the labour movement came into being through protest, some of it illegal at the time as our commemorating the Tolpuddle Martyrs testifies. ‘
‘The NEC election is an opportunity to put grassroots activists, who will fight for Labour to change direction, on to our leading body.’
‘When pressed, it is perhaps not surprising that ministers fail to specify any rights or even any specific rulings they find objectionable.’
‘It seems surprising to me that anyone in the labour movement should see it any other way, when the RMT’s case is so clear-cut.’
‘When the government finds itself in difficulties as a result of its own policies, it resorts to xenophobic and outright racist measures’
The government’s own track record and ministers’ recent statements should ring alarm bells for all trades unionists.
‘Against this hugely unpopular government, a really clear opposition with policies and messaging that show we are on the side of ordinary people can yield massive results’
‘Under successive governments we have been swamped with anti-migrant legislation and Home Office practice reflects that political outlook, and blocks claimants at every turn’.
‘Representation at all levels of government matters because of what we can deliver.’
‘History suggests that political upheaval is very likely to follow. The Labour government of 1997, for example, was ushered in on the back of rising food prices.’
