Yesterday, the Labour Movement for Europe relaunched as a campaigning organisation in a packed meeting in Westminster. Over 70 members, MPs and peers crowded into Committee Room 6 in the House of Commons to discuss the future organisation of LME and hear keynote speeches from Geoff Hoon and Douglas Alexander.

For too long, LME has been dormant while right-wing anti-Europeans have had their way in Britain. But the question of Britain's engagement with its European partners is far too important for the debate to be dominated by noisy xenophobes. Now is the time for LME to reawaken and rejoin the battle!

Over the coming months, I hope LME will be engaging in debate at every level—in Westminster, in Brussels, and most importantly on the ground in Britain.

At the relaunch event, a new website was also unveiled with a variety of campaign tools designed to support grassroots activists.

We desperately need a progressive pro-European voice to counter the myths and scare stories put about by the Tories and our eurosceptic media. Hopefully, in the future, LME will be that voice!