Why LFIT

The experience of being one of the few Italians belonging both to Labour and the Partito Democratico made me realise that it’s time for centre-left expats to move beyond the stage of replicating Italian institutions abroad. British-Italians should engage in active participation in the British as well as Italian political arenas.

Fulvio Menghini, Director Labour Friends of Italy

As a group of politically infatuated Italians based in London, we have been repeatedly frustrated by the absence of any institutionalised relations between the centre-left parties in Italy and the Labour Party.

The experience of trying to arrange a meeting between a prominent political from the Partito Democratico and a senior Labour party MP proved to be the final straw.

We decided it was about time that there was an official route for the maintenance of these crucial links. We created Labour Friends of Italy to be that route.