The election of Donald Trump is a major setback for the interests of the working class in the USA and internationally. Rather than a ‘golden
Category: Editorial

Editorial: despite the hype, this was not a budget for ‘working people’
If there is one thing that can be said for Rachel Reeves’ budget, the first ever by a woman Chancellor of the Exchequer, it was

By John Pickard Many politicians will mark October 7 as the ‘beginning’ of the Gaza war, but that is a measure of their one-sideness and

Labour Party conferences are not necessarily important in themselves, because although they shouldn’t, Labour leaders generally ignore the democratically-arrived decisions of the Party membership. But

Editorial: trade union opposition to Labour austerity
In the coming months there will be increasing tension between the economic needs of trade union members and the austerity strategy of the new Labour

Andy Ford (Warrington South Labour member) continues his occasional series of articles marking 80-year anniversaries of events in Soviet military history in WW2. [Featured photo

Many workers will have breathed a sigh of relief when the odious Tory government was crushed a couple weeks ago and will have looked forward

Editorial: For the Tories a historic defeat, for Labour a wide but shallow victory
The Conservative Party this weekend is nursing the biggest political hangover in its entire history. It is hard to over-estimate the scale of their historic

Editorial: For the biggest possible Labour victory!
This government is the most rotten, corrupt and incompetent in modern times, and despite widespread distrust of the Labour leadership, Labour is the only viable

Rishi Sunak is staring down the barrel of the biggest Tory defeat in more than a century. Most of the first policy initiatives he announced