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THE LABOUR PARTY did not release a statement from current Leader Keir Starmer to mark International Workers Day on May Day. We only have the May Day statement from Jeremy Corbyn to enjoy (see yesterday’s “Thought”). However, Starmer did manage ...

This is a May Day message from Jeremy Corbyn MP. May Day is a traditional festival, a festival of Spring, a festival of communities coming together – and it goes back centuries. It’s also a labour movement tradition – solidarity ...

WAS THIS a measured judgement, or wishful thinking? Very few people would come forward wanting to be a slave – but how many people have the courage to be a consistent rebel? “I would rather be a rebel than a ...

IT IS BAD ENOUGH that the General Secretary of a national trade union has had to step in and point out it will support its members in Tower Hamlets, who are opposing the Labour Mayor’s plan to impose new contracts ...

WHAT BETTER way to mark International Workers Day than with a quote from the late, great Tony Benn? It’s often repeated – but so well worth learning and applying to most political situations. “If one meets a powerful person – ...

HERE’S OUR final thought on peace – for this month at least.  We end with a statement from a world figure who saw the relevance of keeping our goals in the front of our minds. At this strange time, we ...

UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis joined the May Day virtual rally called by Tower Hamlets Unison on Friday – and pledged that the national union would support local workers fighting “Tower Rewards”. Tower Rewards – re-named “Tower Robbery” by the ...

HERE’S OUR penultimate “thought” on peace – from a US president with a military background who was probably more a warmonger than a peacemonger, a supporter of the status quo with some mitigating factors. Whether intended or otherwise, his dry ...

THIS IS A simple statement from a man who epitomises peace – as a dream and as a way of life – yet he led a revolution. Are we doing all we can to keep that revolution alive – and ...

ARTHUR HENDERSON reminds us that the Labour Party began its life as a party of peace. Just four years after Henderson died came the Second World War, with millions losing their lives and millions more having their lives disrupted – ...