Things are just going from bad to worse for the government, it would be an immense misreading of the situation for New Labour ministers to dismiss this result as simply mid-term blues. The Prime Minister's relaunch after the disaster of the local electi… more »

LABOUR MP John McDonnell demanded that the Brown government make "a choice between democracy or oligarchy" at the weekend. At Saturday's Hands Off Venezuela national conference in London, he condemned new Labour's ongoing hostility towards Venezuela a… more »

John McDonnell: In the past political parties brought together their supporters to debate, discuss and decide the policies which were then drafted into a manifesto and placed before the electorate. If there was sufficient support for the policies and… more »

John McDonnell has 27 nominations so far, and requires another 18. I see over at People's Commissar of Enlightenment there's a list of 18 potential MPs who have yet to nominate. Hopefully we'll reach the 45 by Thursday. more »

News has just come through a few minutes ago that Michael Meacher will stand down and recommend support for John McDonnell in the Labour leadership election. The next hurdle is getting on the ballot paper, the deadline for this is Thursday. So if you… more »

John McDonnell, Labour leadership candidate talking with Peter Tatchell here. Good stuff, I agree with most of what he says. He covers democracy over the economy, democracy within the Labour Party, corporations not paying £90-£150 billion of tax a ye… more »

I am disappointed that they have not yet announced who should stand to represent the left within the Labour Party. John McDonnell in my opinion clearly has the upper hand and has worked tireless over the past year to get support. Micheal Meacher should… more »

No real surprise. He'll meet the Queen on June the 27th to hand over his resignation as Prime Minister and will stay on as Labour leader until the Labour Party elects a successor. For the fools that voted for the Tories at the recent elections, just… more »

Below is a 16 minute interview with John McDonnell, who is standing for the leadership of the Labour Party. John McDonnell has huge support with rank and file Labour Party and Trade Union members, however, he requires 44 nominations from Labour Pa… more »