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Kim Johnson
SYMBOLISM OVER SUBSTANCE: Keir Starmer’s flag-draped speech to Labour conference, September 30
Features / 6 October 2025
6 October 2025

Apart from a bright spark of hope in the victory of the Gaza motion, this year’s conference lacked vision and purpose — we need to urgently reconnect Labour with its roots rather than weakly aping the flag-waving right, argues KIM JOHNSON MP

General view of the Cammell Laird ship yard on the River Mersey in Liverpool
Workers' Rights / 30 September 2025
30 September 2025

KIM JOHNSON MP places the campaign in the context of the history of the working-class battles of the 1980s, and explains why, just like Orgreave and the Shrewsbury Pickets before it, justice today is so important for the struggles of tomorrow

Labour Conference 2024 / 21 September 2024
21 September 2024
Despite cruel US sanctions, Cuba continues to offer global humanitarian aid and support peace processes, writes KIM JOHNSON MP, urging others to follow Unison’s lead in practical solidarity with the besieged socialist island
EARLY RELEASES: Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood, with pris
Features / 19 July 2024
19 July 2024
Action for justice is needed as there are currently 3,000 prisoners behind bars under ‘Imprisonment for Public Protection,’ even though this type of sentence was abolished in 2012, argues KIM JOHNSON MP
A WINNING PICKET: GMB union picket outside Amazon site in Co
Opinion / 1 May 2024
1 May 2024
Policies that favour the workers are not won in Parliament, they are won in the workplace, argues KIM JOHNSON
Features / 6 December 2023
6 December 2023
KIM JOHNSON MP explains why a simple change to the law could keep many innocent people out of prison
Features / 21 November 2023
21 November 2023
We know the Conservatives stand for cuts, destitution, and hungry children – it’s time for Labour to announce the policies that will do the opposite, writes KIM JOHNSON MP