A movement with many tributariesThis personal history reflects the overlooked secular stream in the Labour Party’s story. Kinnock himself acknowledges attending the party conference Sunday service during his time as leader, “in order to reassure people that Christians were welcome in the Labour Party … to show neighbourliness, comradeship, reassurance”. And then there was Michael Foot, Bevan’s successor in Ebbw Vale and a future Labour leader. What about the political and economic challenges facing a future Labour government? As the Labour Party looks to its future, it should remember and reclaim this vital part of its heritage.