The Burnham Bounce : A Roundtable Review of Labour Party Conference 2026

A unique panel of Labour National Executive Committee, Labour Conference delegate, affiliated Trade Unions and Socialist Societies
About this Event

Labour Conference this year will be Andy Burnham's first as Labour leader and his first as Prime Minister. Interest is going to be huge.

To immediately catch this 'moment’, Saturday 3 October, we have organised an afternoon roundtable,

These events are usually done as a debate between the different ‘wings’ of the party, defined in political terms, and it is rare indeed to find any positive outcomes.

Instead, and our aim is vert much to produce positve outcomes, we have gone back to the unique organisational coalition which constituted Labour's formation as a poliical party. The party, the members, the affiliated trade unions and socialist societies.

Our panel reflects this past history and future ambition.

• Ajai Ahluwalia is a member of the Socialist Environmental and Resources Association (SERA) Executive. SERA is Labour's Environment campaign, founded in 1973, member-led and affiliated to the party. Ajai's background is engineering with extensive practical experience of buiding reneweable energy capacity
• Cat Arnold serves on the Labour Party National Executive Committee, (NEC). In the 2026 NEC election Cat, who stood on he Mainstream Labour slate, topped the poll. She was previously a Labour Councillor on Adur District Council for six years.
• Joanna Orsatelli will be Lewes Labour's delegate to the 2026 Labour Party Conference. A first time delegate, Joanna will be taking with her the experience gained by her involvement in the practical pluralism both of Lewes Labour events and the Lewes Food Banks Collections.
• Simon Weller is Assistant General Secretary of ASLEF, the trade union for train drivers. The Labour Party was formed, by the trade unions, in 1900, as the Labour Representation Committee, and ASLEF, which was founded in 1880, affiliated in 1903.

Join us for a very special afternoon of discusion. All welcome, our only entry criteria, an open mind.

Limited spaces available, book early to avoid disappointment.

Tickets:

Solidarity rate (if you can afford please pay this rate and help keep the price of our standard rate tickets low) £3.

Standard rate tickets £1.50.

Presented by Lewes Area Branch of the Labour Party