Draft:LSE Labour Society
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London School of Economics Labour Society (LSE Labour) | |
|---|---|
| Ideology | Centre Left |
| National affiliation | Labour Party (UK) |
| Regional affiliation | Cities of London & Westminster Constituency Labour Party |
| Website | |
| https://www.lsesu.com/communities/societies/group/6888/ | |
Politics of the United Kingdom • Political Parties • London School of Economics and Political Science | |
The London School of Economics Labour Society (LSE Labour), officially affiliated with the LSE Students' Union (LSESU), is a student political society intended as a platform for students aligned with the British Labour Party. It is the largest Labour society in London, and the largest political society at the London School of Economics. Despite the School's intimacy with the Fabian and Labour movements, LSE Labour was not founded as an independent society until the early 1940s.[1] The society played an active role in the 1966-8 Student Protests. [2]
LSE Labour has been affiliated with several prominent Labour politicians including Ed Miliband, Yvette Cooper, Rachel Reeves, Margaret Hodge, Karen Buck, Stella Creasy, Spencer Livermore, and Dave Prentis.
Guest speakers hosted by LSE Labour since 2022 have included Emily Thornberry, Dawn Butler, and Chris Bryant.
Political Positions
[edit]LSE Labour endorsed Rebecca Long-Bailey for leader and Dawn Butler for Deputy Leader at the 2020 Labour Party leadership election.[3] It has also advocated against the use of the term "Black and Minority Ethnic". [4]
Controversies
[edit]In 2016 a member of LSE Labour was reported to the party's anti-semitism inquiry for claiming that "leading Zionists" wanted to take over LSESU. He subsequently apologised for the comment, and for "unwittingly appearing to endorse... anti-semitism"[5]
In 2018 LSE Labour boycotted Westminster CLP over the decision to invite Chris Williamson, the Shadow Fire Minister accused of anti-semitism, to speak at its annual All-Members' Meeting.[6]
LSE Labour disaffiliated from Labour Students in 2019 as a result of claimed irregularities in that year's Labour Students elections.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ LSE Library (1947). "Minutes and executive committee minutes: LSE Labour, 1947-1952".
- ^ Kidd, Harry (1969). The Trouble at the LSE 1966-7. London School of Economics and Political Science.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ "The Beaver". 2020-02-15. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
- ^ "The Beaver". 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
- ^ "Labour Party 'to extend scope of anti-Semitism inquiry'". BBC News. 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
- ^ "The Beaver". 2018-11-28. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
- ^ "Labour Students is Unfit for Purpose". tribunemag.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-09-26.