Blog - Kingston Labour Party

October

Suspension of K&S CLP Events until Further Notice

Dear all, All upcoming Kingston & Surbiton Labour Party meetings and campaign sessions have been suspended until further notice. This is as a result of the ongoing public health crisis caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. This decision has been taken by Jennie Formby, the General Secretary of the UK Labour…

Wards that represent real communities

by Ryan Coley Kingston Borough Labour Party have always fought and continues to fight for the local communities of the borough. We believe the communities that make up our great borough are some of the best in the country and it’s precisely why we’ve put them front and centre of…

Reflecting on 2019 General Election in Kingston and Surbiton

Dear Kingston & Surbiton Labour Party members, I would like to extend my warmest thanks on behalf of the whole CLP to all of the activists that dedicated so much of their time, energy and care into this election campaign. I share in your heartbreak and disappointment. Volunteers from our local party…

Liberal Democrats attack railway workers

Ed Davey has attacked trade unions and their hard-working members- who are fighting to keep the public safe and maintain job security for employees- by lumping them in with the bosses of a train operating company that puts profits before passengers. Rail workers are fighting to keep the guards on…

Project Athelstan – Helping young people find purpose in life

Surbiton Labour are immensely proud to support local member, Martin Ellis, from Surbiton Boxing Club, with ‘Project Athelstan.’ The project involves setting up a town twinning programme, where residents and businesses in one local authority can invest in schemes that provide opportunities to give value, purpose and meaning to lives…

Trump’s “stab in the back” to the Kurdish national movement

by Gilbert Achcar (Kingston Labour Party Member) In one more blatant display of his erratic character, political irresponsibility and human carelessness, US President Donald J. Trump abruptly announced on the night of Sunday 6 October, following a phone call with Turkish President Recep T. Erdogan, that he had ordered the withdrawal…

Jeremy Corbyn’s speech at Labour’s 2019 conference

Conference, thank you. This is an extraordinary and precarious moment in our country’s history. The Prime Minister has been found to have acted illegally when he tried to shut down parliament. The highest court in the land has found that Boris Johnson broke the law when he tried to shut…

Access to Justice for Injured Workers

by Conor Bollins, Chair The Annual Labour Party Conference is just about to get under way. Our members will be helping to shape the transformative vision that Labour has for the country, through policy discussion and decision-making. Kingston & Surbiton Labour are delighted to have submitted a motion to Conference…

Thoughts on a ‘No Deal’ Brexit

By Laurie South, Vice Chair of Membership Brexit has been in the news for so long that many people are bored out of their cotton socks by it, but it has, nevertheless, created seismic splits in society that appear almost reminiscent of the religious fighting between Protestants and Catholics…

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