By Dara O’Cogaidhin Recent polls showing Reform UK ahead of both the Labour government and the Conservative opposition have sent shockwaves through the political establishment. In the general election campaign Reform took most of its votes from disillusioned Tories. But its voting base is now shifting, as it picks up support from disgruntled Labour pundits. […]

By Rose Tedeschi Liz Kendall says that young Universal Credit claimants are ‘taking the mickey’ by choosing not to work. Never mind that Universal Credit pays a standard rate of only £393.45 a month, less than a person could make in a week on a full-time minimum wage job. Never mind that millions of jobs […]

Tories and Labour have moved into election mode.

Dozens of councillors have resigned, and Labour have tried to frame dissent as a 'Muslim issue'.

Labour’s lead has narrowed to just four points.

Boris Johnson's government suffered two significant by-election defeats on 23 June.

Labour’s NEC has voted to proscribe three leftwing organisations.

The Tory crisis won't last forever.

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 […]

Editorial October 2021, No. 387

If our “leaders'' won't lead, then grassroots activists need to take initiative and organise.

Starmer opposes Corporation Tax increase.

Unemployment at 7.5% and rising.

Why Starmer said “I support Zionism without qualification”.

The teachers' initiative is a model for workers to follow

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 […]

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2015 to April 2020, was suspended from party membership and had his membership of the Parliamentary Labour Party withdrawn.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 […]

Deal or no deal, the working class loses.

We need to prepare to take action.

Bristol West CLP demands Corbyn is reinstated.

For a zero-covid strategy.

The suspension of Jeremy Corbyn is an attack against the socialist left which must be opposed

Resist the return to Blairism.

Labour abstains on bill that decriminalises torture.

A report of the Socialist Campaign Groups rally.

Labour’s unemployment policy means handouts for the rich.

The divide in Unite's dominant faction deepens.

Open the borders to refugees, economic migrants, asylum seekers.

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 […]

A disorderly retreat... or stay and fight?