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Olivia Bailey Articles

Staying power

Lessons for today from Fightback! Fightback! Labour’s Traditional Right in the 1970s and 1980s, by Dianne Hayter, tells the story of the ‘stayers’. Of those who remained in the party after the Social Democratic party split of 1981, and with courage and determination...

Political Barbie

On the surface, we have made huge strides for women’s equality in the party. Women made up over half our candidates in target seats at the election this year, and make up two of the four candidates for leader. Every single candidate for leader or deputy has signed the...

Show a bit of humility, eh?

An angry David Cameron looks a little like a small (yet sinister) dragon who has never developed the ability to breathe fire, but tries all the same – in front of all his friends. And then just gets angrier and angrier because everyone laughs at him. And we saw plenty...

Labour must be a feminist party

Today’s launch of the Lead for Women submission to
the Refounding Labour review comes at a crucial time in the fight for
women’s equality both in our party and in our country. As the Tory-led
government singles out women to bear the brunt of their cuts, it is more
important now than ever before that Labour speaks up for women.