James Driver

‘I’ll vote Labour to keep Reform out’: The Green voter who’s happy to be tactical trib.al/lcLbSN8

Labour pressure group Mainstream: “Culture of centralisation and patronage at the top of our party is enabling catastrophic missteps and undermining our relationship with the public. “An already difficult set of elections may now become even harder for the hardworking Labour members and candidates out canvassing tirelessly before May.”

We're organising to elect a progressive team of Mainstream candidates to Labour's NEC. They'll fight to bring a popular, principled and practical left politics to life within Labour. Meet Cat, candidate for the CLP section 👇 mainstreamlabour.org/2026-nec-and-n…

On the anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, we remember a monumental step toward peace. A Labour Government helped deliver it and this Labour Government remains committed to protecting its legacy for generations to come.

Allowing child poverty to worsen is a political choice. Today, Labour has chosen differently. Campaigning for an end to the Tories’ two child benefit limit was one of the first things Mainstream did after our launch in September last year.

Premier League leaders knocked out by play-off chasing Southampton. West Ham recovering from 2-0 down on 93 minutes to take their quarter-final against Leeds to extra time. Two complete EFL calendars on Friday & Bank Holiday Monday. Seems perfectly fine to me.

Lisa Nandy tells @elliottengage that Andy Burnham should be allowed to stand for Parliament because he is a 'huge asset to the party' She told The House magazine: 'He’s a friend of mine, he’s my mayor and he was my neighbouring MP for seven years. 'I think he’s a huge asset to the party. And I’ve said before — I’ll say again — I’ll support him in whatever he wants to do 'And while I respect the views of colleagues on the national executive committee, had I been sitting in that seat — is that what you’re asking me, what I would have voted? Yeah, I would have voted to allow him to stand, as Lucy [Powell] did. 'I do understand the argument that he’s the mayor of Greater Manchester, and he’s a very good mayor, and he’s got a term to see out' But she said that Labour members 'deserve to be in the driving seat of their own lives, and it offends me when people are not, and I think that goes for our members as much as everybody else' thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

"... we agree on something fundamental: that Labour succeeds when we are broad, open and pluralist" 🤝🌹 Mainstream's Chair and one of our NEC candidates, Kerry Postlewhite, writes with Cllr Minesh Parekh on the need for a meaningful Labour reset. labourlist.org/2026/03/a-rese…

Labour cannot afford to keep ignoring its roots. A statement from Mainstream's Interim Council on Unite's decision to reduce its affiliation to the Labour Party 👇

NEW: *100 Labour MPs* have signed letter to the Home Sec warning against plans to change migrants' permanent residency rights They warn reforms are not the 'Labour way' & would 'undermine' efforts to promote 'integration' One MP warns the revolt goes far beyond 'usual suspects'

Keir Starmer in the Commons right now is arguing that Donald Trump has 1) no plan and 2) no legal basis for his airstrikes against Iran For a long time Starmer has trodden an incredibly delicate line when it comes to Trump, refusing to directly criticise him or the US In the wake of Donald Trump's criticism this morning - he said he was very disappointed with Starmer - the prime minister has decided to publicly criticise him

Kick It Out statement: It’s massively disappointing that some Leeds United fans booed when Manchester City’s players broke their fast during the first half of the match at Elland Road this evening. This was compounded by the fact that an explanation was displayed on a big screen inside the stadium. Pausing the game to allow Muslim players to break their fast during Ramadan has been an agreed protocol for several years now. It’s an important and visible part of making the game welcoming for Muslim players and communities. But as tonight’s reaction shows, football still has a long way to go in terms of education and acceptance.

Aaand just like that, the spin machine whirs to life, to tell us all that Gorton & Denton is just a ‘mid-term slump’ and not to draw any rash conclusions. This is the sort of wilful ignorance that can kill a party. And, frankly, it’s unfaithful to the people we exist to serve.

'We have to be braver': Angela Rayner's call to arms after branding Labour's crippling by-election defeat a 'wake up call' lbc.co.uk/article/angela…

Some very hard truths in this interview.. that the party would do well to take note of

Mainstream NEC candidate @JOwusuNepaul is out with the brilliant Labour campaign in Gorton & Denton today! Say hello if you're around to #GOTV for Angeliki Stogia🌹

🚨 NEW: The latest Gorton and Denton by-election poll 🟢 GRN - 28% 🔴 LAB - 28% ➡️ REF - 27% 🔵 CON - 6% 🔶 LD - 4% ⚪ Other - 6% Via Opinium, 401 sample, 16–24 Feb

It was always Labour vs Reform in Runcorn and Helsby. But the Greens managed to convince enough voters they could win to let a Reform MP in through the backdoor. Now they’re trying to do the same in Gorton and Denton. Don’t believe the dodgy polls. Only Labour can stop Reform.

While the Greens have a poll out from one of their donors. Here is a real poll for Gorton and Denton. Only Labour can stop Reform.

Full fact factchecked this as misleading. The most recent projection from Election Maps UK for Gorton and Denton suggests the Greens will see the second largest increase in vote share compared to the 2024 election, behind Reform UK, which is what this bar chart depicts. But it shows that Labour will still hold the seat.