Reaching Out To Reunite

27 Nov 2018

I gave the opening keynote speech at the Common Futures Forum, at Plexal City in the Olympic Park, to 500 young people from across Europe. You can read my speech below: REACHING OUT TO UNITE Thank you all very much, and thank you Mete(Coban) for that very kind introduction. A…

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Russia-West Relations In The Age Of Fragmentation

14 Nov 2018

The world is arguably more fragmented and polarised than it has been at any time since the end of the Cold War. The wave of optimism and internationalism that swept all before it in the 1990s has given way to a rising tide of nationalism. The seemingly unstoppable forward march…

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Pride And Paranoia – The Putin Influence

07 Nov 2018

Progress ‘What’s the definition of the Soviet Union?’ ‘Well, it’s where the workers pretend to work, and the bosses pretend to pay them.’ Of all the many jokes about the Soviet times that I heard during the three years that I lived in St Petersburg, this was probably my favourite.…

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Bring Together Cosmopolitans And The Communitarians To Avoid US-Style Culture Wars

02 Nov 2018

The Times The news of a so-called “Make America Great Again” bomber targeting 11 different addresses of high-profile liberal Americans should serve as a stark warning to all Western democracies about the dangers that US-style culture wars can pose. These barbaric acts might be rare, but it would be wrong…

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Opaque Election Campaign Financing Threatens British Democracy

02 Nov 2018

The Guardian The Electoral Commission’s decision to refer Leave.EU donor Arron Banks to the National Crime Agency for investigation has come not a moment too soon. Since February 2017 I’ve been asking the commission to do more to investigate how Banks’s money was spent during the EU referendum and, more…

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Monday’s Budget Is The Tories’ Moment Of Truth – Will They Bring Our Divided Country Together, Or Will They Continue To Deepen The Splits?

29 Oct 2018

South Wales Evening Post This year’s Westminster budget comes with the Westminster parliament in a state of disarray. Thanks to Tory in-fighting Theresa May has spent two years negotiating with her own party rather than with the European Union. Her scrambled ‘Chequers’ plan fails to solve the issue of the…

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Statement On Junction 41

27 Sep 2018

Commenting on a report produced for the Welsh Government into the monitoring of vehicle emissions between Junction 41 & Junction 42, which includes the option of closing the junction as a possible way to reduce pollution and meet legal requirements on emissions, Aberavon MP Stephen Kinnock said, “It is deeply…

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To Win The Next Election We Need To Show Communitarians That We Genuinely Share Their Values And Priorities

25 Sep 2018

House Magazine It’s fair to say that my party came out of the 2017 general election on a high. We went into the campaign with low expectations, but Jeremy Corbyn’s energy, an inspiring manifesto and a clear, socialist anti-austerity message took us to 40% in the polls. Yet we still…

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Austerity Has left councils At Breaking Point, Westminster Must Give Them The Money They Desperately Need

19 Sep 2018

South Wales Evening Post Theresa May claims to not have a magic money tree, but whenever she raids the back of the sofa she always comes up with the money she needs: there was the £1bn she found for Northern Ireland and then the £20.5bn for the NHS. Well now…

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New book: ‘Spirit of Britain, Purpose of Labour’ published

09 Sep 2018

Download the book here Our country is more polarised than at any time since the Second World War – by age, education, place and wealth – but above all by values. On one side of the Great Values Divide we have the Cosmopolitans – typically university educated, urban, highly mobile…

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How To Oust The Tories And Reunite Our Deeply Divided Country

05 Sep 2018

LabourList Britain is currently both polarised and paralysed. Our entire political system has fought itself to a standstill. This weak and divided Tory government is in disarray over Brexit, and parliament is in stalemate. Rees-Mogg and Johnson are doing all they can to pull us further towards a ‘no deal’…

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Daily Express Article

07 Aug 2018

Dear Friend, Some of you may have seen a lot of social media traffic around a Daily Express article which claims that a group of Labour MPs have apparently been meeting in a B & B in Sussex to ‘plot against the leadership’. Unfortunately, my name features in the list…

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This is the biggest threat to democracy we’ve ever faced in Britain

16 Jul 2018

Independent This month, draft findings of the Electoral Commission’s investigation into Vote Leave, the official pro-Brexit referendum campaign, were leaked, revealing Vote Leave of being guilty of breaking electoral law, on multiple accounts. They are expected to face the most hefty fines in the watchdog’s history. Then there was Cambridge…

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Why I Am Defying My Party Whip And Voting For The Lords Brexit Amendment

12 Jun 2018

The Independent This week the House of Commons will be asked to determine the type of Brexit our country seeks. Will MPs back a sensible lords amendment to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill that instructs Theresa May to negotiate a deal keeping Britain inside the European Economic Area, or will we…

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Trumps Tariffs Are Scatter-Gun And Utterly Self-Defeating

01 Jun 2018

Commenting on confirmation from Donald Trump’s Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross that 25% tariffs are to be placed on British steel imports to the USA – commencing 1st June 2018 – Stephen Kinnock, MP for Aberavon, home of the Port Talbot steelworks, said: “President Trump’s scatter-gun decision to impose steel tariffs…

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Millennifest Conference Cardiff

28 May 2018

On Saturday I spoke with young social leaders and activists at Common Vision UK’s Millennifest in Cardiff about the importance of their work, and set them the challenge of using their skills and energy to unite Brexit Britain. You can read my speech below: Thank you for that introduction, it’s…

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Aberavon MP Slams Virgin Media For Mishandling Possible Closure Of Swansea Operations

11 May 2018

Aberavon MP Stephen Kinnock joined Assembly Members and Members of Parliament from across the Swansea Bay Region for a meeting with management of Virgin Media, off the back of their announcement to close their Swansea operations by the autumn of 2019 with the loss of almost 800 jobs. Commenting after…

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With The EEA Vote, The Lords Can Set Theresa May On The Right Brexit Path

08 May 2018

The Guardian The House of Lords has so far responded in a robust, rational and highly effective manner to the government’s EU withdrawal bill. But the most important test of the peers’ resolve is yet to come. On Tuesday an amendment to the withdrawal bill will be tabled in the…

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Statement On President Trump Decision To Postpone A Decision On The Steel Tariffs

01 May 2018

Responding to today’s announcement that President Trump has decided to postpone a decision on the steel tariffs until 1 June, Stephen Kinnock, MP for Aberavon which is home to the Port Talbot steel works, the largest steel works in the UK, said: ‘The only thing that President Trump has achieved…

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Aberavon MP Hears From Residents Over Brexit At ‘Divided Views, Common Future’ Event

30 Apr 2018

Aberavon residents have had the opportunity to air their views on Brexit with their local MP, after Stephen Kinnock organised an event to hear from both sides of the debate. It was the second meeting in the Divided Views, Common Future series and constituents were invited to give their opinion on what…

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Aberavon MP Presses Minister On Plans For A New Prison In Port Talbot

24 Apr 2018

Aberavon MP Stephen Kinnock has once again pressed Prisons Minister Rory Stewart on the Government’s plans for a new prison on the Baglan Industrial Park. The exchange comes after two representatives from Stop NPT Prison group joined Mr Kinnock for a meeting with Rory Stewart in London, and off the back of…

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