Political Education - Liverpool Walton CLP

Tribune Reading Group

Tribune magazine has a particular relationship with Liverpool. It was relaunched here during the 2018 Labour Party Conference at The World Transformed, whilst Walton CLP has a long history with the magazine. Eric Heffer would regularly contribute when he was our MP, and Dan Carden has also contributed articles since…

Participatory Budgeting

Throughout 2019, Walton CLP ran a Participatory Budgeting project for Walton CLP members. The CLP’s Executive Committee allocated £1000 to this and invited the CLP membership to decide how it is spent. From more than 50 ideas that were proposed by the membership online and at a lively CLP meeting…

Campaign Conversations: The Magic Money Tree

Labour’s economic strategy is about delivering a fairer, more prosperous society for the many, not just the few. Labour understands that the creation of wealth is a collective endeavour and everyone must share fairly in the rewards. WHAT WILL LABOUR DO? A few key points – for full details see…

Campaign Conversations: A National Education Service

Key Messages A National Education Service (NES) – When the 1945 Labour government established the NHS, it created one of the central institutions of fairness of the 20th century. The NES will do the same for the 21st, giving people confidence and hope by making education a right, not a…

Campaign Conversations: Climate Crisis

Climate change is the greatest ever market failure. It is a failure driven by capitalism’s endless focus on profits whatever the cost. It makes the case for socialism more pressing than ever. Richard Burgon MP Key messages: Climate crisis is a CLASS issue. We must be passionate and convincing about…

Liverpool Labour Women International Women’s Day 2019

Along with the other Liverpool CLPs, Walton CLP hosted an event to mark International Women’s Day on Saturday 9 March 2019. A free event celebrating women in politics, women activists and women in art, the event was open to all women, took place in the Cornerstone building of Liverpool Hope’s…

Politics in the Park

On 1st March 2019 Walton CLP was proud to present Politics in the Park, a night of music and politics. Tickets: Waged: £10 / Unwaged: £3 The Isla Gladstone Stanley Park Liverpool L4 0TD

Robert Tressell Memorial March 2019

The 2019 Robert Tressell Memorial March took place on Sunday, February 3rd. 600 people marched through Liverpool Walton to commemorate the socialist writer Robert Tressell, buried in a pauper’s grave in Walton Park Cemetery, part of Rice Lane City Farm. The Socialist Singers and the Parr Brass Band accompanied marchers,…

The Eric Heffer Memorial Lecture

A hundred people gathered at the Capstone Theatre in Everton, part of the Walton constituency this evening to attend the inaugural Eric Heffer Memorial Lecture. Present MP Dan Carden spoke wonderfully about his predecessor’s heritage.

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

In October 2018, Walton CLP hosted Townsend Productions’ and Neil Gore’s theatrical adaptation of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. This is an archive of the page promoting this event.