• What Labour’s Brexit motion means in practice

    Paula Keaveney, Edge Hill University As Labour delegates gathered in Liverpool, it was impossible to avoid mentions of Brexit. There are 25 separate fringe meetings listed on the conference agenda and there are certain to be more meetings arranged on the fly. The challenge Labour faces, whether at conference or immediately afterwards, is that it…

  • What my students saw when I took them to the Labour party conference

    As a political activist, I am used to conferences. But if the past year has taught us anything, it’s that fresh eyes are changing British politics. I took a group of second and third year students to the Labour conference in Liverpool this year and asked them afterwards what stood out to them. We went…