Mike talks with Shauna Dillavou of Security Positive about how to make politics a safe space for women, minorities and vulnerable groups. Shauna works to make politics a safe space in the US and overseas. She tells us what the challenges are - and how we can work together to improve things for all of us. 

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50: Safeguarding democracy - with Shauna Dillavou

Mike is joined by Owen Reidy, Assistant General Secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), to talk about the NI Protocol, how Brexit has affected workers rights in Northern Ireland, and what Labour can do to support peace and workers from this point on.

50: Northern Ireland, the Protocol and workers rights - with Owen Reidy

Keith Webb is part of ForgottenLtd, a campaign group representing workers excluded from furlough support since day one of the pandemic. He speaks to Mike about how ForgottenLtd are representing workers, and what Labour can do to help. 

49: Support for workers during the pandemic - with Keith Webb

Mike is joined by Patrick Lohlein from EFTA4UK to talk about the EFTA model, why it could be a good option for Britain, and how we could move towards EFTA membership. 

48: Is EFTA a good model for the UK - with Patrick Lohlein

Our guest today is Professor Tom Selwyn, who is Professorial Research Associate at SOAS, University of London, and Visiting Professor at Breda University, the Netherlands, and Bethlehem University, Palestine.   His article “Brexit, Grenfell, Windrush, and the mooring, un-mooring, and re-mooring of home” argues that those three events, which have all shaped the consciousness of British people, derive from closely related sources deep in the foundations of British political culture, one source being contempt by the British ruling class for the working class and migrants. The article also discusses how we conceive of home and how this has played a part in these seismic events of the last few years. He joined us to discuss his article and issues related to it. Articles discussed in this podcast: Tom Selwyn, 2019, "Brexit, Grenfell, Windrush, and the mooring, un-mooring, and re-mooring of home", Ethnoscripts, Volume 21, Issue 1.  Tom Selwyn, 2021, "Foreword", in Hazel Andrews, Tourism and Brexit: Travel, Borders and Identity, Bristol, Channel View Publications. If you'd like to be involved in the movement for a closer relationship with Europe and for a Labour government, join Labour for a European Future today: https://donorbox.org/lef-membership

47: Brexit, Windrush and Grenfell: the UK's connected disgraces

Professor Paula Surridge (UK in a Changing Europe, Bristol University) joins us to speak about Labour's electoral challenge and how it can navigate the Brexit divide. She speaks about the importance of Labour having both an economics offer and an appeal based on values. Essential listening! 

46: How does Labour navigate the Brexit divide - with Paula Surridge

It's been a year since Keir Starmer first took the reigns of the Labour Party. In that year, so much has happened: Covid, multiple waves of internal party strife and ongoing Brexit damage are just a few of the things that will have been occupying the leader's inbox.Meanwhile, Starmer has come under increasing pressure - not just from the left, but from people who may be seen as politically closer to him as well. Critics point to polls which show his and Labour's numbers slipping back, particularly important, they say, given he was elected on a promise to win. What have the defining moments of the leadership been so far? Where's the project going? What did we expect when Starmer won the leadership, and have those expectations been fulfillled? Discussing all this and more are Christabel Cooper, Emma Burnell and Ben Duncan-Duggal, with host Mike Buckley.If you want to become part of the home for pro-Europeans in the Labour Party, join us as a member and get access to our member-only webinars, a say in our direction and much more besides. Click here to join: https://donorbox.org/lef-membership.  

45: One Year of Keir

The music industry has been hit hard by Brexit. Rules around the movement of people and goods mean that touring Europe is near-impossible for many artists, with cost and administrative burden putting those tour dates out of reach.With the music industry having shifted in recent years towards a touring-led revenue model, this constitutes an unprecedented governmental attack on one of the UK's most celebrated industries. James McVey of pop rock band The Vamps, who have multiple top-10 singles and have headlined the O2 arena five years in a row, joined us to discuss the impact of Brexit on the music industry and what we can do about this. 

44: Brexit and the music industry - with The Vamps' James McVey

Streatham councillor Marianna Masters and Hammersmith & Fulham councillor Christabel Cooper join us to discuss the past, present and future of the Black Lives Matter movement.This podcast was recorded in late January 2021. If you'd like to join our movement and help fight for a future with a Labour government and a closer relationship to Europe, join LEF as a member for just £3 a month: https://donorbox.org/lef-membership 

43: BLM - where next?

In this special bonus episode Mike talks to Sammie Mcfarland, a Woman's Wellness Coach and founder of Long Covid Kids. Long Covid Kids is a parent and patient led advocacy and support group raising awareness of long lasting Covid symptoms.  If you want to find out more about Long Covid Kids, please go to https://www.longcovidkids.org/. 

42: Bonus episode: Long Covid in Kids

Our guest this week is Kevin Kennedy Ryan, who is co-founder of Labour Society of Campaigners and Labour Organiser, which exist to promote and share campaigning best practice in a Labour context. He joined us to discuss how Labour can campaign better and what the outlook is like for Labour's campaigning. 

41: How can Labour campaign better?

Please note this episode was recorded on the 5th of October, 2020. This is a recording of an event we held with Ruth Bergan, Senior Advisor at Trade Justice Movement, who came up with what a 'best-in-class' socially just EU-UK deal would have looked like. Here, she talks about that and the future of this relationship more generally. Thank you to our podcast sponsors! They are Guy Fraser and Mags Duncan-Duggal. If you would like help make our podcast happen, then click here: https://donorbox.org/sponsor-labour-for-a-european-future-s-podcast

38: The EU-UK trading relationship, with Trade Justice Movement

Andrew Skea farms seed potatoes in Scotland, which is one of the biggest exporters of seed potatoes for crisps and chips in the world. But now, because of Brexit, he can't export his potatoes - at all, not even to Northern Ireland.  Andrew talks about the impact of Brexit on him in the long and short term in our latest podcast episode, available now. 

40: Bonus episode: One farmer and Brexit

We consider the upcoming Scotland 2021 elections with Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, Ian Murray MP, and former Scottish MPs Paul Sweeney and Gemma Doyle. How will Labour do? And how could they do better?  This podcast episode was recorded on the 19th of January. 

39: How will Labour do in the 2021 Scottish elections?

Please note this podcast was recorded on the 3rd of December 2020 This episode we're talking to Liz Hind, who was Labour's parliamentary candidate for Aylesbury in 2019 and also runs a pub in Aylesbury. We discussed the impact of Brexit and Covid on pubs, as well as the impact of these issues more broadly. Thank you to our podcast sponsors! They are Guy Fraser and Mags Duncan-Duggal. If you would like help make our podcast happen, then click here: https://donorbox.org/sponsor-labour-for-a-european-future-s-podcast

37: How will pubs recover from the pandemic?

Remain and Reform is the podcast for socialist Labour thinking on why we should remain in the EU, and why we should reform it to create a true socialist network of countries built for the many not the few. Each week we'll be joined by Labour and European Socialist activists, European and UK MEPs and trade unionists, MPs, think tankers, commentators and even the odd voter to talk about why Britain's best future, and Labour's best future, is in the EU. Every week we'll explore the following questions: Why is remaining in the EU the best choice for Labour, for the communities we represent, and for workers' rights, environmental protections and industry? What does the European Left need to do to reform the EU along socialist lines, and how does Labour play its part, both through our MEPs in the European Parliament, and once in Government in Westminster? Stopping Brexit is not about maintaining the status quo. It's the first step to creating a radical, socialist future. Join us!

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