Keir Starmer and Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper are desperate not to be viewed as ‘soft on migrants’.
Tories take aim at migrant workers as Brexit drives immigration to record high Read Post »
UK-EU deal sidelines reveals decorative nature of Northern Ireland Assembly
Assumptions that damage to the UK economy was inevitable have now been backed up with concrete evidence.
By Dave Stockton THE CONFEDERATION of British Industries (CBI), representing 190,000 companies, warned on 18 October that ‘acute’ labour shortages
Labour shortages result of attacks on migrant workers Read Post »
By Tim Nailsea BRITAIN’S ECONOMIC growth has almost stalled because of shortages of labour in parts of industry and of
Workers Expected to Pay for Worst Economic Crisis since 2008 Read Post »
New environmental regulation prioritises the economy.
From mines to oil wells, Brexit is a environmental disaster Read Post »
By KD Tait Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal will be voted on by Parliament this week. With an 80-seat majority, the
Statement by the Political Committee of Red Flag Whatever a narrow majority of the electorate imagined they would get when
Boris Johnson’s Brexit heralds race to the bottom Read Post »
Tim Nailsea reviews Despised: Why the Modern Left Loathes the Working Class by Paul Embery
Paul Embery: When the dog whistle becomes tedious Read Post »
Labour abstains on bill that decriminalises torture.
Overseas Operations Bill: Starmer’s march to the right hits double-time Read Post »
What happened to the “oven ready” Brexit?
Double bluff or full throttle towards the Brexit precipice? Read Post »
AS JOHNSON’S Tory government consolidates its base with firm promises to leave the E.U. by next month, it is also
Tories to use Brexit as cover for assault on democratic rights Read Post »
What is the working class in Britain? That is a pretty big topic to cover, fraught with all kinds of debate and controversies. Of course the Marxist left talks about the working class all the time because we see it as an agent of revolutionary change, a class with the potential to reshape the world along democratic and collective lines, away from capitalist exploitation and market based competition
The Brexit campaign has been directly responsible for a huge spike in national chauvinism and racist violence. To deny or minimise this, as some on the left do, is to completely ignore the impact of reactionary arguments like “needing to take control of our borders”, “stopping free movement from the EU” and “restoring national sovereignty” that have dominated the Brexit agenda. There is no progressive dynamic here but a reactionary harking back to Britain’s imperial past and accepting the myth that migrants are to blame for economic woes.
As we go to press, the Punch and Judy show of Boris Johnson’s Brexit negotiations is moving into its final
In this excerpt from our new European Action Programme we argue that there is no national solution to the crisis since all major questions require transformation of the whole continent.
The ‘deal’ agreed between the leader’s office and the trade unions is another stitch-up organised behind the backs of members, who should reject this unworkable policy
