Editorial The Green vote in Gorton and Denton increased by 10,170 votes from 4,810 in 2024 to 14,980 in 2026. The Labour vote decreased by 9,191 votes. In the 2024 general election, the Workers Party had got 3,766 votes yet decided, for local reasons, not to stand in this by-election. It advised its supporters to … Continue reading Don’t Mention the War — Gorton & Denton
Labour Party
“The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy”
BOOK REVIEW By David Jackson “The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy” (Paul Holden 2025) Part 2 This is a lengthy, significant and substantial book of almost 550 pages. It is supported by nearly 800 footnotes, which the author decided to place online. To do it proper justice, requires more than … Continue reading “The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy”
Some initial thoughts on the Gorton and Denton by-election
Eamon Dyas The only thing we can glean from this election is that Gorton and Denton is a constituency than is in an area which has experienced the classical manufacturing decline that’s typical of the old Labour heartlands. New Labour, under Blair, when confronted with the trajectory that Thatcher had established for the economy, instead of … Continue reading Some initial thoughts on the Gorton and Denton by-election
“The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy”
BOOK REVIEW “The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy” (Paul Holden) David Jackson This is a lengthy, significant and substantial book of almost 550 pages. It is supported by nearly 800 footnotes, which the author decided to place online. To do it proper justice, requires more than one review. This review … Continue reading “The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy”
Starmer’s U-turn on Digital ID – does he really mean it?
Steven Roy and Tom Darksen The recent climb down by the Labour Government on the mandatory introduction of digital ID followed polling conducted after Keir Starmer’s initial announcement of the scheme, showing that less than a third of the population were in support of it. Approximately three million people signed the Parliamentary Petition ‘Do not … Continue reading Starmer’s U-turn on Digital ID – does he really mean it?
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
The Crime and Policing Bill 2025
The Crime and Policing Bill now being discussed covers a great many topics; each topic is then garlanded with many amendments, making it what’s known apparently as a ‘Christmas tree’ bill. What concerns us today is the clause that intends to curtail pro-Palestinian marches. See below the Jewish Bloc for Palestine statement and the speech by John … Continue reading The Crime and Policing Bill 2025
An Unhealthy Relationship—the Labour Party and the Unions
Pete Whitelegg It will hardly come as a surprise to anyone who has followed politics over the past few years that Parliament plays an almost secondary role in determining the political agenda, at least in terms of domestic politics. Although Labour won an unprecedented number of seats at the last election, that agenda has been … Continue reading An Unhealthy Relationship—the Labour Party and the Unions
The significance of the rejection of Bullock by the Trade Unions
In the 1970s, the trade unions were so strong they had political power, as the media never stops reminding us. This power was such that a government report (the Bullock report) offered the unions an official role in deciding economic policy. Now the majority of workers are not in a union, and wages and conditions have declined … Continue reading The significance of the rejection of Bullock by the Trade Unions
Starmer and Reeves’ PIP U-turn —Editorial 1
As we go to press, it appears the government has performed a partial U-turn on PIP (Personal Independence Payment) reforms. From what we understand, current recipients of PIP will continue to receive their payments. However, new applicants with identical medical conditions may not qualify, as new eligibility criteria will now apply only to future claims. The result is a two-tier … Continue reading Starmer and Reeves’ PIP U-turn —Editorial 1
Britain, Europe and Military Power—Editorial 2
British governments, together with their media servants, have been telling us for many years that Russia is an enemy. When the Special Military Operation began in Ukraine in early 2022 it was confidently asserted that the Russians were militarily incompetent and would fail against the Ukrainians. In reality Russia launched a pre-emptive strike against a … Continue reading Britain, Europe and Military Power—Editorial 2
Letters to the Editor—the PIP U-turn
Pete Whitelegg It seems to me these feckless MPs are either unable or unwilling to deal with the underlying issues that give rise to the problem in the first place, or to find an adequate solution. Essentially this government has simply punted the issue into the long grass. The reforms Starmer wanted to impose on … Continue reading Letters to the Editor—the PIP U-turn
The Great Reform Fraud—Editorial
At the time of writing [2 May 2025] Reform has narrowly won the Runcorn and Helsby byelection, displacing the Labour Party from this seat. Reform is also set to do well in local elections including winning a mayoralty in Lincolnshire. The Workers Party has failed to make an impact in these elections despite having a … Continue reading The Great Reform Fraud—Editorial
The UK Nuclear Deterrent
Will David Lammy have to go “naked into the conference chamber”? Opposing a resolution in favour of nuclear disarmament at the Labour Party conference in 1957, Aneurin Bevan declared “if you carry this resolution and follow out all its implications … you will send a British Foreign Secretary, whoever he may be, naked into the … Continue reading The UK Nuclear Deterrent
The Workhouse Party
Keir Starmer took a decision some years ago to change the electoral base of the Labour Party so that many people, who would traditionally vote Conservative or Liberal Democrat, might now vote Labour or at least abstain from voting for their usual party. A major tactic to achieve this result was a commitment to fiscal rectitude. … Continue reading The Workhouse Party
Political Parties aligned with the Working Class
What are they and how should they operate? Dave Gardner Political Parties use social action to achieve political objectives. In order to defend collective interests within the state, one needs an organisation that has the potential to form a government. This basically is what a political party exists to do – to form a government … Continue reading Political Parties aligned with the Working Class
Reeves’ False Debt and Interest Problems
Throughout January, there has been much excitement in the main stream media about the state of the government finances. Apparently the ‘bond vigilantes’, by reducing the amount they were prepared to pay for a government bond, were expressing their displeasure with proposed government policies. We were told that Reeves was ‘all out of money’ and would likely … Continue reading Reeves’ False Debt and Interest Problems
Celebrating Hanukkah!
(Reprinted from Church and State 2025) British Premier Sir Keir Starmer took part in mid-December, in his official capacity as British Prime Minister, in the Jewish celebration of the festival of Hanukkah. A segment of his speech played by the media suggested that Hanukkah was about meditation conducive to peace, rather like what Christmas has become in … Continue reading Celebrating Hanukkah!
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