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Woodhouse Labour Society WOODHOUSE LABOUR SOCIETY E D I T I O N 1 – 1 1 / 0 2 / 2 1 C O N T E N T S Introduction………………………………………………………………….……………………………….pg2 Inside the Party (24th Jan - 7th Feb)...………………………………………..………………….pg2 Opinion Piece: Left Wing Complacency……………………………………………………….…pg6 Opinion Piece: New Labour vs Animal Farm…………………………………………………..pg7 Opinion Piece: Elon Musk: Hero or Hoe?.........................................................pg9 References…………………………………………………………………………..……………..………pg11 People involved in the creation of this newsletter: Archie Ryan Alesia Laci Moulika Shome Robert Delaney Sonny Elton 1 Inside the Party (24th Jan - 6th Feb) - Archie Ryan - 24th January: Labour calls for additional protections at UK border • Shadow Home Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds called for a “comprehensive system” of border checks, including testing and quarantining • “I would support, for example, the use of hotels. But above all we need a comprehensive system and plan from the government and stop moving from one chaotic situation to another.” 25th January: Rayner demands that the Tories apologise over London mayoral race “fake leaflets”: ● Shaun Bailey’s fraudulent campaign has been criticised by the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Angela Rayner: “He has consistently misled over TfL finances, the congestion charge and council tax, and his latest leaflets are literally a work of fiction.” 26th January: Shadow Education Secretary, Kate Green asks urgent question on the reopening of schools: ● Kate Green asks the Minister of School Standards, Nick Gibb, if he will make a statement on the Government’s plan for the reopening of educational settings ● As usual, Gibb gave his classic tory waffle, mentioned the “two weeks notice” and that was about it ● “We simply do not know what the Government’s plan is for school reopening” - Kate Green 27th January: Labour welcomes US action to tackle climate change and urges Prime Minister to reverse his decisions making a mockery of his governments claim to climate leadership: • Today, the Labour Party has urged the Prime Minister to stop undermining the UK Government’s climate change pledges and step up his game, as President Biden signs a suite of executive orders to tackle the climate emergency • On his first day in office, Biden signed executive orders to re-join the Paris Agreement and cancel the permit for the Keystone XL oil pipeline • Meanwhile, in the UK, the Environment Bill (announced in 2018) was delayed once again just yesterday • Matthew Pennycook, Shadow Minister for Climate Change has said “President Biden has called climate change the number one issue facing humanity, and his administration is showcasing how a government that truly prioritises climate action responds” • “The contrast with our own government is stark. There has been no shortage of lofty green rhetoric from Johnson but the true strength of the Government’s commitment to bold climate action is laid bare 2 28th January Labour to Win calls for “dramatic change” to internal party culture: ● The group calls for a change to the culture of the party deemed “inward-looking”, “factionalised”, “divided” and “acrimonious” ● The umbrella organisation formed by Progress and Labour First in April last year, will urge members to sign a statement in favour of a “positive, inclusive, pluralistic and welcoming internal party culture” ● If interested this can be signed here 29th January: Keir Starmer proposes pragmatic Covid policies ● Keir Starmer has set out a proposal for prioritisations during the vaccine rollout ● This involved calling for critical workers to be vaccinated as a priority alongside school staff who he wishes to be vaccinated by February half-term ● This all follows on from yesterday when Starmer expressed more clearly than ever that he rejects post-crisis austerity, saying “don’t make the mistake we made in 2010” as the coronavirus recovery must not repeat what happened after the financial crash 30th January: Labour accuses Ministers of economic negligence: ● Shadow Minister, Lucy Powell, is calling on the Business Secretary to “be the voice of business, not a mouthpiece for the Treasury” ● Currently it is estimated that 650,000 hospitality businesses at risk of collapse before lockdown ends as conservatives offer the average hospitality or leisure business £11,000 less during the third lockdown than it did during the first despite being in a significantly worse financial position now ● This alone goes to show Tory government are neither for businesses or the people, just the financial elite 31st January: Starmer sets out cladding demands ahead of crunch vote to protect leaseholders from costs: ● The leader has recently set out a series of demands to tackle the cladding scandal as new figures from Labour suggest up to 11 million people (one in six homes) are at risk from life changing cladding costs and unsellable properties ● Ahead of a crunch vote in Parliament today, he has called for a new National Cladding Taskforce, modelled on the successful approach taken in Australia, to get a grip on the deepening cladding crisis and protect leaseholders from bearing the cost 3 1st February Jonathan Reynolds responds to renewed pressure from Conservative backbenchers to extend £20-a-week Universal Credit uplift: ● Reynolds has declared that the government is “running out of time to do the right thing” and reverse its decision to press ahead with the £20-per-week cut to Universal Credit and Working Tax Credits ● “Britain had the worst recession of any major economy because of the Government’s incompetence and indecision” 2nd February: The first openly lesbian MP dies at age of 92: ● British Economist and Labour Party politician Maureen Colquhoun dies today at the age of 92 ● Serving as MP for North Northampton between 1974 and 1979, Colquhoun emerged as a leading voice for women’s rights in parliament, working to end discriminatory practices preventing women from standing for public office and arguing for equal representation. “We in parliament who believe in making life better for women and that they should be the legislators as well as the makers of cups of tea” - Maureen Colquhoun 3rd February: Labour condemns ‘Dickensian conditions’ of youth prisons: • The HM Chief Inspector of Prisons’ first annual report has found that youth prisons are not working • Only 55% of children in custody reported their experiences in custody had made them less likely to reoffend and 40% reporting being “bullied” by staff • David Lammy MP, Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary, responding to the report, said: “The Dickensian conditions Ministers have allowed to fester are preventing child offenders from getting a shot at redemption as well as endangering the public” 4th February: Labour pushes further for the government to prioritise vaccination of key workers: • Labour has argued it is “reasonable” to ask the joint committee on vaccinations and immunisations to consider prioritising key workers in the Covid jab roll-out • Shadow Health Minister, Alex Norris, said: “We fully supported the government in prioritising those at the greatest risk of dying in those first four categories, but as we move on to categories five to nine, it is reasonable to ask the JCVI about including key workers” • Nahmid Zahawi, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment responded to this saying “I certainly think it would be wrong to change the JCVI recommendation because one to nine is 99% of mortality. I think when we get into phase two then we would welcome a debate and of course ask the question of the JCVI.” 4 5th February: Andy McDonald comments on British Gas strike action: • For those unaware, engineers working for British Gas have been on strike in recent weeks in protest of the company’s use of unscrupulous ‘fire and rehire’ tactics – firing employees and employing them again at lower wages • Andy McDonald, Shadow Employment Rights and Protections Secretary spoke out on this today, commenting on news that British Gas engineers are to engage in further strike action in the dispute over pay • “Threatening workers with the sack unless they agree to cuts to wages and conditions is a disgraceful practice. The Labour Party repeats its call for the Government to outlaw ‘fire and rehire’ tactics which punish working people, penalise good employers, and damage our economy” 6th February: Bridget Phillipson calls for urgent action to secure our economy: • Bridget Phillipson, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury has responded to Sunak’s recent announcements • “He’s clearly out of ideas when it comes to supporting hard-pressed businesses. We need urgent action to secure our economy today, including smart extension to the furlough scheme and Labour’s speedy fixes to the failing kickstart scheme and Green Homes Grant. We can’t afford any more dither and delay” 5 Opinion Pieces *Do note that opinion pieces reflect only the opinions of their creators, not the society as a whole* New Labour vs Animal Farm – Moulika Shome ‘All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.’ This is an iconic quote that came up at the end of the book. It is a microcosm which Orwell uses to represent how politicians may seem to be ‘new’ or ‘innovative’ at the start but remain the same towards the end of their rule, regardless of which party or background they were from. The quote contradicts the 1 st rule of the 7 commandments (like Clause IV of the Labour Party) that were laid out by the pigs (the ruling animals of Animal Farm), which was ‘all animals are equal.’ I think that to some extent, the story of Animal Farm does represent the story of how New Labour (more specifically Tony Blair’s years) unfolded from the years of 1994 to 2007 and I will argue this throughout the opinion piece. Animal Farm first starts of with an abusive farm owner, known as Mr.
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