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The home for Labour’s radical realists - united by values, driven by change. Join us to unlock the transformative potential of the Labour Party. http://mainstreamlabour.org/

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Mainstream@mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 5d ago

✍️ NEW ON THE MAINSTREAM BLOG: The choice is often presented as either welfare spending or warfare spending. But it shouldn't be that dichotomous, writes Labour Digital Rights Network's Charlie Davies. www.mainstreamlabour.org/blog/rearmam...

Rearmament as Industrial Strategy: Burnham and Healey’s War on Treasury Orthodoxy | Mainstream Labour

Charlie Davies | The choice between welfare and warfare isn't as stark as it seems, writes Charlie Davies.

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Mainstream@mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 2w ago

Thank you to the hundreds of you who joined us Monday to celebrate Mainstream's first year. In just twelve months, we've helped shape the Labour Party taking form today. Now we’ll do what Ed suggested: support and pressure. That’s how we’ll transform the country.

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Mainstream@mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 2w ago

We’re deeply concerned that Conference has been denied the opportunity to debate public ownership of water. That faction-driven procedure can stifle debate on essential services should concern everyone who wants Labour to be a confident, outward-looking movement.

On the CAC’s Decision to Block our Motion on Water Ownership We are profoundly concerned that the Conference Arrangements Committee (CAC) has denied the Labour movement gathering in Liverpool the opportunity to debate public ownership of water. It is a policy supported overwhelmingly by the public and globally the norm. That such an important question about the future of an essential public service can be stifled by faction-driven procedure should concern everyone who wants Labour to be a confident, outward-looking political movement. Our Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, put it well when Mainstream was launched last year: “We’ve got to get beyond this culture where everything’s a threat. If people are speaking out, it can actually be an opportunity to make changes.”That principle matters. Labour will need bold ideas and serious debate if our government is to deliver the scale of change the country needs. Conference should be a place where our movement can test those ideas, challenge established thinking and develop new answers together - not one where important debates are prevented from taking place. If Labour is to build the movement and the programme capable of changing the country, the Party must rediscover its confidence in its members: their ideas, their experience, their willingness to challenge orthodoxies and their capacity to think big about what a Labour government can achieve.
Mainstream@mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 4w ago

Mainstream exists to rebuild Labour and offer a popular, principled and practical left politics for meaningful change. If you're a delegate that wants to help us transform our party, vote for NPF candidates at this year's Labour Conference 🌹

"Graphic showing this year's slate of Mainstream candidates for the NPF, alongside their voting codes. With caption: ""This year, vote to reconnect Labour with its mainstream."" Candidates include: - EAST MIDLANDS Jennifer Walker, L1398532 - EAST MIDLANDS Michael Durrant, L1820520 - NORTH WEST Liz Grey, L0138116 - NORTH WEST Scott Brerton, L1150299 - EAST OF ENGLAND Kevin Hind, L0043592 - LONDON Emma Whysall, L0079841 - LONDON Panny Antoniou, L1870365 - NORTH Sean Laws, L1209508 - SCOTLAND Nairn Angus-McDonald, L1198013 - SOUTH EAST Josh Constable, L1260342 - SOUTH EAST Emily Brothers, A203451 - SOUTH WEST Sam Barnes, L1965192 - WALES Ed Stubbs, A958902 - WEST MIDLANDS Lauren Davison, L1593915 - WEST MIDLANDS Muhammad Ali, L1751340 - YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER James Driver, L1781145"
Mainstream@mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · last mo.

✍️ NEW ON THE MAINSTREAM BLOG: The same economic system that too often treats workers as disposable can also treat animals as units of production, writes Mainstream's Interim Council Chair Kerry Postlewhite. www.mainstreamlabour.org/blog/why-ani...

Why Animal Protection Belongs at the Heart of a Socialist Agenda | Mainstream Labour

Kerry Postlewhite | The same economic system that too often treats workers as disposable can also treat animals as units of production, writes Mainstream's Interim Council Chair Kerry Postlewhite.

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Mainstream@mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · last mo.

🌹🗳️ Labour members have voted for a much more diverse, open and pluralistic NEC. We thank everyone who supported the Mainstream team in these elections! Kerry and Cat will honour the trust you have placed in them.

2026 NEC Election Results Labour members have voted for a much more diverse, open and pluralistic NEC: one that isn’t dominated by any one faction or tradition. We thank everyone who supported the Mainstream team in these elections. Kerry and Cat will honour the trust you have placed in them, and work to properly represent you and all Labour Party members. Our commiserations to Jovan, a trailblazing black socialist in the Labour Party, who would have been a brilliant representative on the NEC. This is the beginning, not the end, of Mainstream’s work to transform the Labour Party so that we can transform the country. And this is a seismic win for an organisation founded less than one year ago. To have achieved this result is a testament to the determination of our members and allies at every level of the party - and a sign of the appetite for the new politics that Andy Burnham is leading. We will continue our work to build that.
Mainstream@mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · last mo.

📪 NEC election voting is now closed! Thank you to every member who voted, shared, and made the case for a Labour Party reconnected with its mainstream. Results to follow - we'll share them as soon as they're announced.🌹

Graphic on a cream background: hands placing red ballot papers into a black ballot box with a red rose growing from it. Headline: "Thank you!" Subtext: "For voting to reconnect Labour with its mainstream."
Cat Arnold@catarnold.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thank you to @labourlist team for a great experience on my first podcast. If you haven't voted for me, please consider it by 27th August at noon. Your email ballot would have come from labourelections@cesvotes.com.

LabourList@labourlist.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚨 NEW: LabourList Podcast - NEC Elections special 🔴 LabourList sat down with candidates representing four of the Party's recognisable internal organising slates for a fascinating discussion on all things NEC! Watch now👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0Z0...

Mainstream@mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are Labour's radical realists🌹 We want to give the majority of our party - who stand for the redistribution of power & wealth, the defence of human rights & the creation of a new political economy - its voice. If you do too, vote for the Mainstream slate on the NEC by Thursday noon.

Text graphic on a cream background: "Mainstream's NEC team will champion a new politics rooted in transparency, participation and radical ambition for the communities that Labour exists to serve." Below, in large red type: "Vote Mainstream."
Paula Barker MP@paulabarkermp.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I am absolutely delighted the Prime Minister has announced everyone sleeping rough will be brought in this winter. When it comes to tackling a crisis like out current homelessness emergency we need bold action exactly like this.

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Mainstream@mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 2mo ago

By the strength of our common endeavour we achieve more than we achieve alone. 🌹🤝 Agree? Vote Kerry Postlewhite, Cat Arnold, Jovan Owusu-Nepaul and Cllr Elizabeth Dennis for Labour's NEC. Watch our campaign video to find out more 📺👇