DIB boss reviews Labour conference
Downtown in Business Group chairman and chief executive Frank McKenna featured on TV news channel GB News last Saturday morning, discussing Labour’s annual party conference. Watch the interview here.
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Starmer on course to win for Labour?
Frank McKenna looks ahead to the Labour Party conference that takes place in Liverpool next week – and suggests that Keir Starmer has a long way to go if he is to become PM, despite the seismic challenges the country and the government is facing.
Shadow Business Minister talks to Downtown
Seema Malhotra, the Shadow Minister for Business, addressed an exclusive DIB event in Liverpool discussing a range of issues including the current challenges in the hospitality sector and her party’s plans to control energy prices.
Is Labour ready for power?
The Labour leadership has been meeting business leaders from the DIB network recently. But is the party ready for power?
Strikes: Labour’s cross to bear
This week Jim looks at the dilemma strike action always poses for the Labour Party. Should Sir Keir Starmer back the rail workers or the workers disrupted by the strike?It is a problem with a long history for the party.
Audacious leadership bid launched by Zaffar
Kevin Johnson on the latest for the Birmingham Labour Group’s leadership contest.
Tough on Russia and EU, but is it enough?
Jim thinks the Prime Minister is showing European leadership on Ukraine but pettiness on Brexit. He also includes a comprehensive reflection on the local election results in the North West.
Judgement on Labour
Jim presents his comprehensive preview of the local elections next week in the North West. The Tories should do very badly but Jim suggests the picture is complicated for Labour.
Labour needs to rediscover its common-sense gene
Unless and until Labour rediscovers its common-sense gene around complex issues such as transgender rights, it will never be in government. Frank McKenna’s latest blog focusses on Keir Starmer’s discomfort over the ‘culture wars’ issue that has dominated media interviews with politicians in recent weeks.
Burnham and Neville: The Dream team
Jim gives his views on the leadership of Keir Starmer after two visits to Greater Manchester in a week by the Labour leader. He also asks why so few Chancellors make it to being Prime Minister.
Does Labour really want Boris to resign?
Frank McKenna reflects on whether Boris Johnson going or staying would be best for Labour in his latest Downtown blog.
Labour’s renewal
For the first time in a long time, Labour looks like it could win a General Election. Read why, in Frank McKenna’s latest Downtown blog.