By Corinna Lotz The blame game following Labour’s election defeat is destructive. Seeing Labour MPs using the mainstream media to make poisonous attacks on Corbyn is an ugly spectacle. Defeat was not about one or two people but about a long legacy of neglect and economic downturn. Nor was the outcome simply down to working […]
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Only Labour can stop Johnson’s gang in t
Seldom are the choices at a UK general election as stark as this one. The outcome will shape the future of Britain and the fate of its people for a long time to come. On the one side are the Tories – not the traditional party of Disraeli, Churchill, Macmillan and even May. Instead, they […]
How Labour can defeat Johnson-Farage pow...
A mass mobilisation is called for if we are to stop the Johnson-Farage axis from seizing power and creating a vicious anti-democratic, authoritarian regime. This is no ordinary general election. Rather, it is an extraordinary campaign of lies, fake news and slander aimed at Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell’s leadership of the Labour Party. Johnson, […]
A democratic revolution is the way to ou...
We are, as historian Simon Schama told BBC’s Newsnight, “living in a weird British revolutionary moment”. Different parts of the political system are at war with each other. The old constitutional arrangements have broken down and the crisis of representative democracy is a turning point in UK history. MPs have responded to Boris Johnson’s coup […]
How Labour can lead the fight to defy Jo...
The UK ’s political system is on the brink of imploding. So when the Commons returns in early September, MPs, led by Labour, must be prepared to take drastic action to defy Boris Johnson’s plan to sideline Parliament. A potentially catastrophic social and economic experiment, better known as a no-deal Brexit, is on the cards […]
How to block Johnson’s threat to ‘make B
Boris Johnson is a clear and present danger to the UK political system and to everyone’s democratic rights. Yet the man who is set to become prime minister next week is having a clear run at moving into 10 Downing Street. The Islamaphobe and misogynist – on record encouraging a physical attack on a journalist […]
Parliament’s two civil wars: time for a
As the Tories brutally turn on each other in their bid to replace Theresa May as prime minister, significant sections of the Parliamentary Labour Party have decided it’s time to launch yet another attack on Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership. So we have two parallel civil wars in Parliament as both major parties consume themselves over Brexit […]
Farage is a clear and present danger. He...
The rapid rise of the Brexit Party to first place in the opinion polls for the European elections is rightly sending shockwaves through Westminster and beyond. It is currently forecast to win more votes than the Tories and Labour combined. Make no mistake, Farage is preparing a kind of insurrection against a system which is […]
Constitution is broken – let the people
Such is the fragility of the political system in Britain that it only takes a few words in the shape of an indicative ruling by the Speaker of the House of Commons to spark off what the government’s Solicitor General has described as a “major constitutional crisis”. Leaving aside what a minor crisis would look […]
In the midst of splits and political mel...
The resignation of eight Labour MPs and three Tories from their parties in order to form a reactionary “Independent” Group in the House of Commons is a clear indication that the present Parliamentary system is in the midst of a nervous breakdown. Holding the fractured system together looks like mission impossible. A strategy to renew […]
Why a second referendum would be a big m...
As the political crisis over Brexit spins out of control, support for a second referendum – also known as a “people’s vote” – seems to be gathering momentum in and outside Parliament. In my view, going down this road is not only wrong but is a recipe for disaster. Firstly, for most of those demanding […]
Brexit crisis shows political system is ...
The dramatic deadlock in the UK over Brexit is a spectacular expression of a broken political system. Our existing form of democracy is simply incapable of representing the diverse interests of the people, whichever way they voted in the 2016 referendum. Ravaged by decades of neoliberal-driven globalisation, the system is but a shell, a shadow […]
Brexit crisis: beware threat of a nation...
A deepening, unpredictable political and constitutional crisis sparked by Brexit could have far-reaching consequences before the year is out. Some commentators have suggested that it is the biggest political challenge facing the ruling elites since the General Strike of 1926 when power seemed to pass – temporarily – into the hands of the trade union […]
A democratic revolution can unite for an...
Is the alternative to Brexit simply the UK remaining a member state of the European Union? Or is there a case for a more imaginative and democratic option that could appeal to both leavers and remainers? It’s worth asking these questions because Brexit is clearly a multi-layered challenge that will dominate politics for the foreseeable […]
In Tory Britain, the only certainty is u...
The break-up of the Tory government is more than just a crisis of a party that lost its majority, with many preferring a genuinely warm person like Jeremy Corbyn instead of a robotic prime minister. Corbyn promised an end to austerity and change to benefit the many, while Theresa May promised more pain allied to […]
Planning for a Corbyn government
The prospect of a Jeremy Corbyn-led government grows closer as Theresa May’s divided government staggers from pillar to post in the wake of the abysmal failure of her pathetic “strong and stable” election campaign. That’s why we’re planning ahead by getting together on October 28. Any number of issues, most notably Brexit, could hasten the […]