We must have a green industrial revolution. And Labour will lead it | Rebecca Long-Bailey

We must draw on our history to find a way through the environmental crisis that faces us

Where I grew up, visits to Manchester's Science and Industry Museum were a staple rainy-day activity. I remember the clanking of the huge, iron waterwheel and being amazed by its power. It was the plentiful rain, I was told, and the ingenuity of those behind the technology that powered the mills that ushered in the first industrial revolution, bringing Manchester and Salford into existence.

I remember thinking: if this is how far we've come in 200 years, what's the future going to look like?