by Rachel Burgin | Aug 13, 2024 | Front Page, News
When my Northern Irish granny was widowed at aged 50, she defied convention. Instead of making her 14 year old son leave school and become the breadwinner (as her conservative culture dictated), she put her son’s ambitions first and got a job in a shirt factory. When...
by Rachel Burgin | May 30, 2022 | News
If anywhere defines the “blue wall” it’s North Hertfordshire. Bucolic towns and villages with fast and direct trains into the Square Mile as well as to Cambridge and the Silicon Fen. This is the heart of the Home Counties and it’s a commuter’s dream. This is where the...
by Rachel Burgin | Apr 23, 2017 | News
Active Across the Labour Women’s Movement I currently represent Community Union on the National Women’s Committee and was recently elected to serve on the Cooperative Party Women’s NEC. In 3018, I participated in the Fabian Women’s Network Mentoring Programme and have...
by Rachel Burgin | Sep 28, 2016 | News, Uncategorised
Rachel Burgin, Socialist Societies delegate for Labour Business, speaking in support of the NEC’s provisions to tackle abuse within our party. I am the fifth generation of my family to be involved in Labour and trade union politics. This is the first occasion that any...
by Rachel Burgin | Oct 3, 2015 | News
I have a confession to make. Before I got involved in politics, I thought I was Middle Class. After all, my parents were teachers, they were owner occupiers and we lived in a nice village in the Midlands. After I got involved in the Labour Party, I learnt that I was,...
by Rachel Burgin | May 15, 2015 | News
I got a positive result in Hitchin & Harpenden. I increased Labour’s vote by 4,020 (7.1%) and moved Labour from 3rd to 2nd place. It was the largest number of votes for Labour since 2001 and one of the best results for Labour in an “unwinnable seat” in the...
