This is an article published on the Inside Housing website The article by Chaminda Jaynetti in Inside Housing (Can Labour … MoreRead more…
“A state for some of its citizens”
Netanyahu inadvertently shows why a key IHRA “example” is false Netanyahu’s disagreement with an Israeli actress has created something of … MoreRead more…
The Cavendish Square conundrum
Swindon Borough Council has recently bought some land at Cavendish Square for more than £3 million. This was land that … MoreRead more…
Witch hunting socialists, including Jewish ones
“Because it’s very much part of their politics, of hard left politics, to be against capitalists and to see Jewish … MoreRead more…
Watson’s threat to split Labour (and deliver a general election to the Tories)
Labour faces the threat of a serious split which could torpedo its electoral prospects. The consequences for those who are … MoreRead more…
Prejudice against council housing
Russell Holland’s extraordinary outburst reported in the Advertiser ( £400k for no houses ‘money down the drain’) shows his prejudice … MoreRead more…
Tom Watson’s declares MPs’ break from Labour “premature”
You couldn’t dream it up. Imagine a situation where MPs of a political party for which they have been elected, … MoreRead more…
The centenary of the “Addison Act”
“The money we propose to spend on housing is an insurance against Bolshevism and revolution” Introduction The year 2019 marks … MoreRead more…
Radicalising Labour’s housing policy
This is an article published in Labour Briefing The contradiction between Labour’s official housing policies and the more radical aspirations … MoreRead more…
Labour needs to be pressed to put council housing at the top of its priorities list
MARTIN WICKS reflects on Labour’s housing policy in the wake of the party’s conference in Liverpool THE contradiction between Labour’s … MoreRead more…
A campaign against local government austerity?
According to Owen Jones a statement is being released later this week which organisers hope will be signed by local … MoreRead more…
Reading Labour council proposes to “market test” services
An emergency measure for local government crisis – suspend debt payments The virtual collapse of the council in Northampton is … MoreRead more…
Adoption of “the full” IHRA document – prelude to a witch-hunt?
“My fear is, if we similarly enshrine this definition into law, outside groups will try and suppress – rather than … MoreRead more…
An attack on freedom of speech and dissent
The attempted with-hunt of critics of Israel mirrors the with-hunt in Israel against critics of the Israeli state The article … MoreRead more…
Defence of the Israeli state is the real motive for the campaign against Labour ‘anti-semitism’
According to Margaret Hodge Corbyn is an “ant-semite and a racist”, even though as late as March she said she … MoreRead more…
We need 100,000 council homes a year, not “affordable homes”
Labour’s Housing Green Paper, Housing for the many, has a fundamental flaw at its heart. It says that a Labour … MoreRead more…
What happened in Barnet?
Adam Langleben, Barnet Labour councillor, has made a video which is circulating widely, which gives the impression that Jewish voters in Barnet have deserted Labour in droves. In the media he has reported that Jewish voters had told him “not this time”…Read more…
Marc Wadsworth and “perceived” anti-Semitism
The expulsion of Labour Party member Marc Wadsworth relates to the press conference in June 2016 announcing the results of the Chakrabarti report on anti-Semitism. As with all events it’s best to place them in their historical context. The press …Read more…
Labour’s Housing Green paper – Part 2
Labour should introduce a duty on councils to build council housing in the framework of the housing revenue account Labour’s Housing Green Paper has a fundamental flaw at its heart. It says that a Labour government “will introduce a duty (on coun…Read more…
Labour’s Housing Green Paper – Part 1
We need 100,000 council homes a year not “affordable homes” “We have a housing crisis in this country that can only be solved by local government building more. Labour’s 2017 manifesto promised to build 100,000 council homes to ‘rent or buy…Read more…