The problem that Reeves had to deal with in her November 2025 budget was how to reverse the increasing likelihood of Reform becoming the largest party in the 2029 general election. On this measure the budget will most likely be a failure. While we can all feel a sense of relief that she has, under … Continue reading Can Reeves’ Budget Save Labour?—Editorial
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Review of ” Resistance the Essence of the Islamist Revolution” by Alastair Crooke.
John Clayden As the late great Duke Ellington once said " It ain't what you do it's the way that you do it....that's what gets results " so what was it that made the Iranian Islamist Shia Revolution successful and how has Iran Hezbollah and Hamas and Yemen survived against all the odds. The explanation provided … Continue reading Review of ” Resistance the Essence of the Islamist Revolution” by Alastair Crooke.
An Unknown Victory of Working class struggle
John Clayden My father Harry Clayden was born in 1905 his mother my grandmother was born in the poor house where her mother, who was a servant girl, was incarcerated. My grandmother later married dad's father who was a carter who died in a flu epidemic just before the first world war. At thirteen my father had … Continue reading An Unknown Victory of Working class struggle
Nathan Gill—Victim of Double Standards
Dave Gardner Recently, an ex MEP ex Reform member, Nathan Gill, was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for the crime of taking a bribe and acting improperly on that basis. He pleaded guilty thus avoiding a maximum penalty of 14 years imprisonment. In this issue of ‘Labour Affairs’ we reprint two of the speeches that … Continue reading Nathan Gill—Victim of Double Standards
Letters
Ukraine frenzy in Parliament Hoping to hear details of the budget from the Chancellor I switched on Parliamentary Questions on Wednesday the 26th of November. What I heard instead was an orgy of Russophobia, with MPs of all parties lambasting the ‘aggression’ of the Russian state, or as Edward Leigh MP called it, ‘the Bear’. … Continue reading Letters
Double Standards of British justice—the Case of Nathan Gill
Catherine Dunlop Nathan Gill (the former MEP accused of accepting bribes to 'read out Russian scripted speeches') is sentenced to 10 ½ years in prison Extracts from the Judge summing up. Why did Gill plead guilty ? There is a 25 % automatic reduction in sentencing if you plead guilty. His sentence was to be 14 years, … Continue reading Double Standards of British justice—the Case of Nathan Gill
The speeches of Nathan Gill
We were led to believe that Nathan Gill made ‘pro-Moscow’ speeches. It turns out that he made contributions to debates, around the closure of two independent Ukrainian TV stations that presented the case for good relations with Russia. In Britain we don’t really have a concept of an independent TV station broadcasting against government policy, as none … Continue reading The speeches of Nathan Gill
Your Party, Our Party, a Party for the Many
By Gwydion M. Williams A New Hope? The Road to the Liverpool Convention Incidentals in Liverpool What Sort of Party?’ ‘Not Invented Here’? Soft Leninism: an Argument of Trotskyists World-Changing Leninists, But Not Here Back to the Liverpool Convention Things I’d Have Liked To Say The Wider World A New Hope? The Road to the Liverpool Convention … Continue reading Your Party, Our Party, a Party for the Many
Notes on the News
By Gwydion M. Williams An Economy Is Not A Home Did Trump Trade Ukraine for Gaza? Sprout Imperialism and ‘My Beautiful Ukraine’ Unreported Truths of the Ukrainian 28 Points Artificial Intelligence – More Silly Than Sinister Snippets Who Owns the Debts That Supposedly Threaten Us? Criminal Power Never mind the ethics: feel the money An … Continue reading Notes on the News
PALESTINE LINKS
'Home truths' from Melanie Phillips convey one message: Israel will always be at war (David Hearst, Middle East Eye, 25 November 2025) West Bank: Israeli forces execute two Palestinians at point-blank range (Middle East Eye, 28 November 2025) Israeli settlers who breached Syria border returned by military (Middle East Eye, 28 November 2025) AI-powered surveillance … Continue reading PALESTINE LINKS
Digital I.D. it’s all a matter of trust . . .
Magnus Langton For some time the British government have been talking about the Brit Card, a physical form of personal digital identification for the British people. In September 2025 Sir Keir Starmer announced plans to launch a universal digital identification scheme in the UK. The Gov.uk website tells us the digital ID will hold: Your … Continue reading Digital I.D. it’s all a matter of trust . . .
An ideological vacuum in Russia?
Busts of Lenin are still everywhere in Russia. On the other hand, the Yeltsin Centre in the Urals (Yeltsin’s birthplace) has opened an annex in Moscow and has a popular programme of talks and films on the theme of what a bad thing communism was, attended by anti-russian foreign guests. The Constitution meanwhile declares that Russia is … Continue reading An ideological vacuum in Russia?
Should Europe Rearm?
Recent Letter and Speech on the War in Ukraine. Lord Robert Skidelsky Note: I’m posting two items today. The first is a letter I co-signed with others, which was submitted to The Guardian on the 15th of November. This was in response to an article on the same day by Pjotr Sauer and Shaun Walker attacking Russia’s anglophobia. … Continue reading Should Europe Rearm?
Sahra Wagenknecht
From Southfront November 28th 2025 Operation Silence: Why Berlin Is Killing The Truth About War And Peace Something is happening in Germany that rips up everything Western Europe claims to stand for. On live national TV, Welt’s anchor killed the microphone of Sahra Wagenknecht—the only heavyweight opposition figure left who dares question Berlin’s rush toward conflict. … Continue reading Sahra Wagenknecht
Corruption in Ukraine in 2021
Mick Murray writes: "The past is a different country" ? Not in the case of Ukraine. This is a story from the Guardian, from only 4 years' ago, which reported: “EU auditors warned last month that “grand corruption and state capture” remained widespread in Ukraine.” And went on to describe the scope of the corruption … Continue reading Corruption in Ukraine in 2021
Inversion Of Reality The BBC: A ‘Leftist Propaganda Machine’?
Inversion Of Reality The BBC: A ‘Leftist Propaganda Machine’? By Media Lens 12 November [Media Lens is a UK-based media watchdog. Run by writers David Cromwell and David Edwards, it is our response to the increasingly centralised, corporate, state-subservient nature of the mislabelled ‘mainstream’ media system.] This follows on from a previous piece on the supposed … Continue reading Inversion Of Reality The BBC: A ‘Leftist Propaganda Machine’?
A Voice for Peace at the French Senate
This French senator is not as good as Robert Skidelsky, whose speech for peace in Ukraine we printed last month. Nevertheless a Communist Party senator manages not to call for more military spending, but instead to ask for capping of military profits. We don't wage war to get rid of war Jeremy Bacchi, Communist Party senator. … Continue reading A Voice for Peace at the French Senate
Rachel Reeves’ Budget Dilemma – Households and Governments—Editorial
Rachel Reeves will deliver her second budget on 26th November, facing a serious dilemma of her own making. By adopting two strict fiscal rules that limit government spending without tax rises, and simultaneously pledging not to increase taxes on working people during this parliament, Reeves has boxed herself into a narrow and politically dangerous corner.When … Continue reading Rachel Reeves’ Budget Dilemma – Households and Governments—Editorial
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