Ruth Smeeth Articles

‘If I, after the last three months, am staying on in the Labour Party then so are you.’ These were the words of Ruth Smeeth at the Jewish Labour Movement rally against antisemitism and racism. Smeeth has been subjected to endless antisemitic, sexist and homophobic...

A year in decline under hard-left control September 12 – Jeremy Corbyn wins 59 per cent of the vote in the ballot to become Labour’s new leader. Having secured 251,417 votes he becomes Ed Miliband’s even more leftwing successor. In a rambling speech with no notes,...

This edition of Progress is being guest-edited and written by women. So this column is dedicated to what I believe the young people call ‘signal boosting’, highlighting women whose contribution to the Labour party is unjustly underrated, misunderstood, or...

In 1992 I campaigned for the first time against the British National party in Bristol, protesting against its vile neo-fascist politics of hate and division. As a 12-year-old I had no idea that I was going to end up working for the pre-eminent anti-BNP campaign, HOPE...