Mayor of North of Tyne, Jamie Driscoll, speaking at the Convention of the North, an annual gathering of Northern business, political and civic leaders, including mayors of northern cities, at Manchester Central in Manchester, January 25, 2023
RAIL union RMT is backing independent candidate Jamie Driscoll in his bid to become elected mayor of North East England on May 2.
Mr Driscoll is the elected Labour mayor of North of Tyne but has been barred by Labour from standing as its candidate for the post in the enlarged constituency of North East of England.
He is standing against Labour’s Kim McGuinness.
JAMIE DRISCOLL’s group, Majority, with an inclusive approach and supportive training, aims to sidestep many of the problems afflicting Britain’s progressive movement
ANYA COOK reports from the Newcastle citizens’ assembly, where over 240 people gathered to create a people’s manifesto ahead of next year’s local elections – part of former mayor Jamie Driscoll’s Majority movement
We’ll be developing a people’s manifesto for the 2026 local elections. We’ll network, learn, inspire and support each other and chart a future path for socialist politics, writes JAMIE DRISCOLL
Ben Chacko talks to ALAN MARDGHUM of the Durham Miners Association about Reform UK‘s dangerous inroads into Durham’s long-standing Labour county council; why he cancelled his party membership; and the political class’s disconnect from working people