North Essex Momentum

03/09/2026

If you’re following the Reform Operation Vanguard story on Essex County Council this Byline times story is a must read.

The Reform initiative has got national coverage. Locally Colchester Unite Against Racism are doing a fantastic job to make sure the proposal is challenged.

Force says Braintree, Colchester and Chelmsford "are safe" and crime is down, as Reform-run county council launches £150,000 private security patrols over asylum seeker arrivals

24/08/2026

Last year, Labour Conference called for tough action on Israel.

Following Andy Burnham’s recent apology for Labour’s stance on Gaza, Momentum, Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and others are calling on Burnham to go further by adhering to those Conference demands. Read our exclusive in the Guardian here.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/aug/23/andy-burnham-pressure-labour-conference-recognise-israel-actions-gaza-genocide?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Sign our petition demanding Burnham:

Recognises the genocide in Gaza
Imposes sanctions on Israel
Implements a full embargo on arms sales to Israel
Calls for an immediate and lasting ceasefire

mtm.is/gazapetition

Momentum and PSC are also tabling a contemporaryn model motion for this year’s Labour Party Conference. Read and circulate the motion in your CLP below.

mtm.is/conf26gaz

Andy Burnham was right to apologise for Labour’s stance on Gaza. But words alone won’t cut it.

We need action!

Grassroots groups to urge PM to break with Starmer policy and impose full arms embargo on Israel

06/08/2026

✉️ 📩 ✉️ UNITE MEMBERS
Time is running out to post your vote for Simon Dubbins!

All ballots must be returned by post by noon 11th August to be counted.

You can add a 1st class stamp to the envelope provided to make sure it gets back in time.



Every single vote counts and could make the difference.

03/08/2026

Have you cast your ballot for Labour's National Executive Committee (NEC) yet? Voting is open until midday on Thursday 27th August.

We urge all Labour members to vote for Jess Barnard, Gemma Bolton and Yasmine Dar in the CLP section so they can continue to stand up for socialist and democratic values. Watch their latest video below:

https://x.com/PeoplesMomentum/status/2084254267104203228/video/1

We’re also recommending a vote for three Mainstream candidates - Cat Arnold, Jovan Owusu-Nepaul & Kerry Postlewhite - to rebuild democracy, pluralism and fair process within our Party.

If you haven't yet voted, search your inbox for the email from the Labour Party with the subject 'Your ballot - Labour Party elections', where you’ll be taken directly to the voting portal.

With the Single Transferrable Vote system, the way we rank our votes is very important. The best way to ensure our candidates get elected is if we rank our choices based on where we live.

Supporters in the East and South East, South London, and Wales should rank the member representative candidates as follows:

1. Jess Barnard

2. Gemma Bolton

3. Yasmine Dar

02/08/2026

An article by Nadine Finch who recently spoke at the North Essex Transformed meeting on behalf of Labour Movement for Irish Unity. Here she writes about asylum seekers rights.

The latest Immigration Bill is both punitive and unworkable. Nadine Finch dissects the proposed legislation. Both the Blair Labour governments and the current one have introduced legislation, which…

31/07/2026

The Nadia Whittome MP Interview
Rise with your class and community not above them

On the latest episode of the Labour Left Podcast Bryn Griffiths interviews one of the best of the Labour 2019 intake the Socialist Campaign Group member Nadia Whittome.

Veteran Labour Lefties will recognise Nottingham East as the seat where back in 1987 Labour Leader Neil Kinnock prevented Sharon Atkin, who was instrumental in the establishment of the Labour Party Black Sections, from becoming the Labour candidate. When you listen to the podcast you’ll be left in no doubt Nottingham East Labour members got their socialist representative in the end!

Nadia entered Parliament in 2019 and she’s already making an impact. Pink News made her Politician of the Year and Diva Magazine’s Unsung Hero of the Year.

When Nadia Whittome stood for Labour in 2019 she said “’Rise with your class and community not above them”. Everything she has done since has demonstrated she really meant it.

The podcast starts with an assessment of the mood in the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP). As Andy Burnham starts his Labour Party Leadership we ask can we beat Nigel Farage? Continuing the discussion from the last episode with Sandy Martin, the Chair of the Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform, we consider whether Andy will deliver on his long-term support for proportional representation.

The podcast focuses on the issues that Nadia has made her own namely climate change, trans rights in the face of the Supreme Court Ruling and a consistent socialist internationalism that stretches from Gaza to Ukraine.

You can watch the podcast on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Audible, Substack and listen to it on Spotify. You can even ask Alexa to play the Labour Left Podcast. If your favourite podcast site isn’t listed, just search for the Labour Left Podcast and it should be there.

If you enjoy the Nadia Whittome interview, take a look at the Labour Left Podcast back catalogue to hear guests such as Sandy Martin of the Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform; anti-fascist historian David Renton looking at today’s extreme right; Rachel Shabi explaining the truth about antisemitism; Jeremy Gilbert on Stuart Hall’s analysis of Thatcherism; Bernard Regan, of Palestine Solidarity, on Netanyahu’s genocide; Corinne Fowler talking about Britain’s history of slavery and colonialism; and Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP telling us about the fight against racism in Parliament.

If you appreciate what we are doing, please give us a like and a follow. Every comment draws the podcast to a wider potential audience. Please, please, please share it with your friends as it gets the podcast to a wider audience.
Bryn Griffiths is an activist in Colchester Labour Party and North Essex World Transformed. He is the Vice-Chair of Momentum and sits on the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy’s Executive.
Bryn hosts Labour Hub’s spin off – the Labour Left Podcast. You can find all the episodes of the podcast on You Tube or if you prefer audio platforms (for example Amazon, Audible Spotify, Apple, etc,) go to your favourite podcast provider and just search for the Labour Left Podcast. You can also follow Bryn on Substack just search for Bryn H Griffiths .

31/07/2026

31/07/2026

Have a read of the latest edition of Momentum’s Organiser.

Read the latest on what we've been up to.

27/07/2026

SUPPORT THE CENTRE LEFT GRASS ROOTS ALLIANCE

Everything you need to know about how to vote in this year’s Labour Party internal elections. Big things to remember:

- use all your votes as every single position matters.
- use the voting preference tool (the link is in the article) to make your vote as impactful as possible. It is essential you do this to make sure our candidates don’t get knocked out early in the STV ballot.
- when you’ve voted for all the Centre Left Grass Roots Alliance Candidates backed by Momentum please use your remaining votes to support the Mainstream candidates to reset the Labour Party.

Please read the article as this is our opportunity to prioritise a reset the Labour Party, reintroduce party democracy and both support Andy Burnham and push him to move leftwards.

Please vote Centre Left Grass Roots Alliance.

By the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy Ballot papers for Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC) are expected to be emailed out by the Labour Party soon.Please vote for Jess Barnard, …