Although Nigel Farage’s party, Reform UK, won only five seats in the last general election, that was only due to the peculiarities of the British
Category: Editorial

Editorial: Starmer’s six ‘milestones: words, words, words
Starmer’s speech last Wednesday was the latest rebrand. We had his ‘ten pledges’ when he fought for the Labour leadership…and they were immediately binned when

As the COP29 conference is drawing to a close, its end has been delayed because of the gulf in perceptions between the most advanced countries

By Mark Langabeer (Hastings and Rye Labour member) [photo of John Prescott – Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions see here ] The

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

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