Skip to main content
Work with the NEU
Why Rebecca Long Bailey is my choice
There is only one choice for the left in the Labour leadership race, argues MATT WILLGRESS
Rebecca Long Bailey

WITH MPs’ nominations closing on Monday, Labour’s leadership contest really kicks into gear next week.

For the left across the labour movement, there is one clear standout candidate in this election — Rebecca Long Bailey.

As she wrote in her launch article: “We need a proud socialist to lead the Labour Party, driven by their principles and an unwavering determination to see democratic socialism in our lifetime.”

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
Similar stories
FIRM REBUKE TO THE US: Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel shows the number of signatures against the blockade and war at the MayDay gathering in Jose Marti Anti-Imperialist Square in Havana on Friday
Latin America / 4 May 2026
4 May 2026

ADRIAN WEIR charts the intercontinental trade union solidarity with Cuba and its desperate predicament

Jeremy Corbyn
Your Party / 2 December 2025
2 December 2025

Your Party can become an antidote to Reform UK – but only by rooting itself in communities up and down the country, says CLAUDIA WEBBE

Demonstrators protest outside of the White House in Washington, November 15, 2025
Latin America / 18 November 2025
18 November 2025

The global left must be unwavering in it is support for Venezuela as Washington increases its aggression, and clear-eyed about the West’s cynical motives for targeting it, says CLAUDIA WEBBE

Fanning the flames of fascism: Starmer’s betrayal of the working class
Features / 23 September 2025
23 September 2025

CLAUDIA WEBBE argues that Labour gains nothing from its adoption of right-wing stances on immigration, and seems instead to be deliberately paving the way for the far right to become an established force in British politics, as it has already in Europe