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This morning, I officially launched my campaign to be re-selected as Labour’s candidate for Crawley, so that together we can finish the job of removing the Tories from office and building a better future for our community. Crawley is my home and for the last 15 years, I have dedicated my life to serving our…
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Whatever his hopes going into it, Rishi Sunak’s New Year speech appears to generated a collective ‘meh’ from commentators. Given how little substance there was to much of it, this doesn’t come as a huge surprise, but level of hostility to his proposal for Maths till 18 did feel a little excessive. Don’t get me…
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Anyone who has followed any news this week will know that today is the first day of strike action by ambulance workers in Crawley and across the country. While endless commentators have been going hard on the subject, unfortunately the voices of those actually on the frontline have been hard to find in the press.…
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Between COVID-19, the war in Ukraine and the endless revolving door of government ministers, it’s hard to believe that only three years have passed since the last General Election. Yet, as today is the third anniversary of the election, as Crawley Labour’s parliamentary candidate, I thought I’d take the time to put a few brief…
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Mr Smith, Crawley residents again have cause to be dismayed with the conduct of their Member of Parliament, this time following your vote to enable the harassment of women accessing abortion clinics. Fortunately your efforts were on this occasion unsuccessful, yet this latest vote is one in a very long line of decisions–from opposing gay marriage…
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When Right to Buy was introduced in 1980, I was minus six years old and consequently don’t have a good memory of the period, but friends in Crawley Labour have told me that the impact when knocking-doors was immediate, where once strong Labour voters were lost to the party because “Thatcher gave us this house.”…
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A third of Pakistan is currently underwater. Given the scale of the disaster, our common humanity alone should be sufficient to justify strong international support for Pakistan as the country first works to deal with the ongoing crisis and then starts to rebuilt. Yet, while international commitments have been made, so far the amounts being…
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On 24th August 1991, the Ukrainian legislature passed the Declaration of Independence of Ukraine, re-stating the nation’s right to self-determination. That the declaration came a year after the same body had already secured sovereignty for Ukraine is a testament to how the death of Russian Imperialism is oft declared but yet to be realised. It…
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Today kicks-off Crawley Pride 2022, two days of celebrating the town’s LGBTQ+ community and culture. Last year was the first ever Crawley Pride, after a year’s delay due to COVID-19, and I can personally attest to what a good weekend it was. Tickets are available online by going to https://fixr.co/event/crawley-pride-2022-tickets-865438014 While it’s great to see…
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It’s always an odd feeling doing something for the last time. It’s ten years since I began writing this column, putting forward Crawley Labour’s view on the week’s developments and, now, here is my last. Delivering 350-words each week for the over 500 editions which followed has been a challenge at times, but I’ve never…
Peter Lamb for Crawley 