Keir Starmer
Labour commits to Tory spending plans
Tories and Labour have moved into election mode.
Starmer doubles down on support for Israel’s war
Dozens of councillors have resigned, and Labour have tried to frame dissent as a 'Muslim issue'.
‘Which side are you on?’ Labour has a crisis of leadership
Labour’s lead has narrowed to just four points.
Starmer fails test of elections and strikes
Boris Johnson's government suffered two significant by-election defeats on 23 June.
Left must fight against anti-socialist bans
Labour’s NEC has voted to proscribe three leftwing organisations.
Tory crisis: An opportunity for resistance
The Tory crisis won't last forever.
Omicron: Boris Johnson is choosing profits over public health, again
By Dave Stockton Britain is experiencing yet another damaging outburst of coronavirus, this time the Omicron variant. Once again, leaving aside its apparent origin in South Africa, the UK is already leading the way in the speed of transmission. As a result France and Germany have imposed restrictions on travellers from the UK. Omicron cases […]
Labour party conference 2021: Locking the Left out for good?
Editorial October 2021, No. 387
Stop the retreat in the face of Tory attacks
If our “leaders'' won't lead, then grassroots activists need to take initiative and organise.
Nothing surprising in Starmer’s response to the Spring Budget
Starmer opposes Corporation Tax increase.
Labour’s “loyal opposition” is betraying workers
Unemployment at 7.5% and rising.
Zionism’s influence in the UK
Why Starmer said “I support Zionism without qualification”.
Fight for workers’ control of the lockdown
The teachers' initiative is a model for workers to follow
Labour: no responsibility for Johnson’s Brexit!
By KD Tait Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal will be voted on by Parliament this week. With an 80-seat majority, the deal is certain to pass. It has already been unanimously backed by the remaining 27 EU member states. The campaign to leave the EU, based on the nationalist myth of reclaiming British ‘sovereignty’ was a […]
Purge plunges Labour into fresh crisis
By Dave Stockton On 29 October 2020, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Leader from September 2015 to April 2020, was suspended from party membership and had his membership of the Parliamentary Labour Party withdrawn. The action was taken by the Party’s unelected General Secretary, David Evans, in collusion with the party’s leader Keir Starmer. The pretext given […]
Brexit talks hang in the balance
Deal or no deal, the working class loses.
Shut down schools and colleges now
We need to prepare to take action.
Bristol West stands with Jeremy Corbyn
Bristol West CLP demands Corbyn is reinstated.
Health vs the economy: what’s the best way out of the pandemic?
For a zero-covid strategy.
Reinstate Jeremy Corbyn – defiance not compliance!
The suspension of Jeremy Corbyn is an attack against the socialist left which must be opposed
Labour Disconnected: Starmer’s strategy of non-opposition
Resist the return to Blairism.
Overseas Operations Bill: Starmer’s march to the right hits double-time
Labour abstains on bill that decriminalises torture.
Socialist Campaign Group rally thousands – but give no direction
A report of the Socialist Campaign Groups rally.
“Jobs jobs jobs”
Labour’s unemployment policy means handouts for the rich.
United Left Divided
The divide in Unite's dominant faction deepens.
End the senseless slaughter, send aid not warships to migrants in the Channel!
Open the borders to refugees, economic migrants, asylum seekers.
Starmer lays down the law with CLP discussion ban
By Tim Nailsea On 12 August, the Labour Party’s General Secretary, David Evans, sent an email to CLP secretaries banning discussion of ‘Sir’ Keir Starmer’s decision to settle a court case brought by former employees and the journalist John Ware, who had accused the party of slander in its rebuttal of their accusation of antisemitism […]
Is the Party Over?
A disorderly retreat... or stay and fight?
Keir Starmer declares war on the left
We must protest Starmer’s sacking of RLB and demand her restatement with a full and humble apology. We must stop the witch-hunt of anti-Zionists, which is the prelude to a wider offensive on everything positive that remains of the Corbyn legacy.
Keir Starmer’s election: the end of the Corbyn revolution
THE ELECTION OF Keir Starmer as Labour leader, with 56.2% of the vote, represents a clear victory for the right in the party. Neither the fact that some on the left were seduced into voting for Starmer, nor that Rebecca Long-Bailey got 27.6% of the vote, can disguise this. Starmer himself dispelled any doubts by […]
