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Author: Richard Rawles

Grassroots Labour Opinion

Labour and the Brexit effect

May 10, 2021May 10, 2021 Richard Rawles

Richard Rawles argues that the internal battles raging again in the Labour Party over electoral calculations and the way forward are in danger of hiding a possible solution by over-simplifying

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Grassroots Labour Opinion

Hope and growth

July 21, 2020July 21, 2020 Richard Rawles

Richard Rawles argues that rather than commitments to specific policies, what the country needs to see from Labour is a sense of hope and purpose directed towards creating a better

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After the election: confronting Brexit

January 15, 2020January 15, 2020 Richard Rawles

Richard Rawles dissects Labour’s failure to stop, or even in parts oppose, Brexit, and argues that although Remain has lost, the values of Remain must prevail. So, that was that.

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Labour and the ‘traditional working class’

July 4, 2019July 4, 2019 Richard Rawles

There is much talk, when Labour discusses its approach to Brexit, of the “traditional heartlands” of northern England and their EU referendum vote. Richard Rawles says this focus risks alienating

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Brexit: Corbyn to the rescue?

November 26, 2018November 26, 2018 Richard Rawles

Richard Rawles analyses Labour’s various positions on Brexit, and ponders what could happen if the UK leadership – as it surely should – actually follows the wishes of the party

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Brexit: where now for Labour?

March 3, 2018 Richard Rawles

Richard Rawles considers what Labour’s response should be to the Prime Minister’s Brexit speech, and notes that Scottish Conference, unlike UK conference, will have the chance to debate and vote

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Here we go again

September 11, 2017September 11, 2017 Richard Rawles

Richard Rawles, a member of the Labour Party in Edinburgh Northern and Leith CLP, says we should conduct this leadership debate with a focus on defeating our opponents, not each

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