Sentences with phrase «grassroots labour movement»

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Instead of mucking in with the multifarious resistance movement - which, as you rightly state here, does not require universal agreement in order to progress, that sort of Leninist thinking is weedkiller to the grassroots - Labour is already positioning itself for the next election, terrified of doing anything at all which might upset the few swing voters in key marginal seats that the party has repositioned itself towards over the past twenty years.

Labour could turn itself into a grassroots movement channeling the passion of potential supporters - but its control freakery stops it even trying

Membership of the Corbyn fan club overtaking the Greens when it topped 40,000 puts the grassroots movement behind only the Lib Dems, SNP and Tories plus, of course, Labour itself.

Perhaps the biggest community movements we have are the trade unions, many have a link with the Labour party - something that modernisers thought out - dated rather than a vital connection with grassroots activism.

Labour was uniquely placed, through the trade union link, to build a living, breathing movement at grassroots level, expanding to include working people, while the Tories were a shrinking party of the few.

The membership of each of Labour's policy commissions is drawn from our National Policy Forum, the Shadow Cabinet and our National Executive Committee, and reflects all parts of our movement, including grassroots Labour Party members, representatives of affiliates such as trade unions, and elected politicians.

The Labour leader left the meeting and then headed into Parliament Square to address thousands of supporters, organised by the grassroots movement Momentum, in a move that infuriated MPs.

That theme has been picked up by Lord Glasman, the driving force behind the Blue Labour movement - which aims to revitalise the party's traditional grassroots support - and an influential adviser to the Labour leader Ed Miliband.