Tag Archives: Andrew Fisher

Corbyn’s ex-aide Fisher: the leadership race is down to two

Posted on February 11, 2020 by

Until December, ANDREW FISHER (pictured left) was Jeremy Corbyn’s senior policy adviser. A member of Croydon Central Constituency Labour Party, over the weekend Fisher reflected on how he sees the outcome of his local members’ vote in the selection process … Continue reading →

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Labour’s radical manifesto promises to end the housing crisis

Posted on November 21, 2019 by

Jeremy Corbyn this morning launched Labour’s manifesto for the General Election, in which he confirmed plans for wide-ranging re-nationalisation of public utilities, an £11billion windfall tax on the oil industry to pay for Labour’s environmental policies, and to build 100,000 … Continue reading →

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South Norwood’s Andrew Fisher resigns as Corbyn aide

Posted on September 22, 2019 by

Andrew Fisher, the influential policy adviser to the leader of the opposition Jeremy Corbyn and the author of the Labour’s widely admired 2017 For The Many Not The Few manifesto, is standing down from his position, in the latest shock … Continue reading →

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Corbyn aide enters row over Lewis Hamilton’s tax record

Posted on December 17, 2018 by

Andrew Fisher, the chief policy adviser to Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, last night jumped into the simmering row about the BBC’s annual sports review show by suggesting that if Lewis Hamilton wants to win Sports Personality of the Year, … Continue reading →

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Labour pains as rival right-wing groups cling to control

Posted on July 7, 2017 by

WALTER CRONXITE on the north-south divide over candidate selection for next year’s council elections A war of words has broken out between rival right-wingers in Croydon’s Labour Party, as they fight to retain positions, patronage and power following their stunning … Continue reading →

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Corbyn policy aide Andrew Fisher: ‘We changed politics’

Posted on June 12, 2017 by

Andrew Fisher, the former union official from Croydon who has been working as Jeremy Corbyn’s policy adviser for the past two years, says that many of the “political myths” of the 1990s have been laid to rest. “Socialist politics have … Continue reading →

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‘I’m not influential’ says influential Labour figure

Posted on September 28, 2016 by

Andrew Fisher, the Croydon resident who is policy adviser to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, has said that his ranking as the ninth most influential figure on the left is “obviously nonsense”. But as Corbyn’s speech to the Labour Party Conference … Continue reading →

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