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Omar Salem

Man with mask holding vaccine

Why the Covid vaccines alone are not enough

Omar Salem
27 January, 2021

We need to campaign for mass vaccination. Here’s how.

There’s another solution to the schools fiasco

Omar Salem
6 January, 2021

Remote learning is beset with problems. Ministers need to look at other options, argues Omar Salem.

I backed a People’s Vote, but Labour must accept the Brexit debate is over

Omar Salem
29 December, 2020

Labour needs to show it has moved on from the Brexit debate ahead of the vote on Johnson’s deal, writes Omar Salem.

7 ways the government can be held to account over coronavirus

Omar Salem
15 April, 2020

MPs must find new ways to scrutinise the life-or-death decisions being made by ministers every day.

Why the coronavirus crisis could bring us closer together

Omar Salem
25 March, 2020

Let’s use this experience to build a closer-knit society, writes Omar Salem.

7 questions Labour must answer

Omar Salem
30 December, 2019

These questions should guide Labour’s soul searching.

To stop no-deal, MPs must work with those they’re not comfortable with

Omar Salem
20 August, 2019

MPs must stop the skullduggery and stop no-deal.

Has Labour abandoned its red lines on Brexit?

Omar Salem
8 February, 2019

If the frontbench are not prepared to follow party policy, they should go back to members.

Four ways Labour can improve its culture – and build a truly democratic party

Omar Salem
17 August, 2018

Labour’s Democracy Review must be about more than the ‘nuts and bolts’ of our party, writes Omar Salem.

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