Does the Left understand what is going on? The ‘Unite the Kingdom’ Freedom of Speech Rally in London on Saturday the 13th September was significant. While official estimates from the BBC and law enforcement placed attendance at around 150,000, some participants and observers have suggested, based on aerial footage, that the actual number of attendees could have … Continue reading The Onward March of the ‘Deplorables’—Editorial

Starmer has a problem.  And that problem has a name.  Its name is Rachel Reeves. One suspects that Starmer never had any great interest or knowledge of how an economy works.  That was something he left to others to understand.  Reeves was useful because the economic ideas she was promoting about fiscal rules, low debt, … Continue reading Starmer has a problem — Editorial

Israel is a colonising democracy. Gaza and The West Bank are its two main colonies.  On October 7th the Gaza colony dared to revolt by invading the lands of the colonising power.  A shocked Israel decided to obliterate this colony which dared to revolt.  The US, UK and Europe have opted to support the right of the colonising democracy … Continue reading Israel, A Colonising Democracy—Editorial

The claim made by Labour, the Tories and nearly all newspapers is that there are substantial policy differences between the two major parties. Labour Affairs has argued that there aren’t and that an elaborate charade is mounted for the British public to make them believe what is not the case. Now the Labour Party has published a … Continue reading Is the Labour Party really much different from the Tories? — Editorial

A Man of no Principles This Camden Palestine Solidarity Campaign Public Meeting took place in 2015.  Keir Starmer was one of the speakers, and he was at the time Labour candidate for Holborn and St Pancras. Principles are based on strong belief and do not change with fashion or expediency.  Keir Starmer is not a man of … Continue reading Starmer once supported Palestine

The first of May, International Workers Day This is a piece from French State Radio France Info 1/5/23, explaining the meaning and history of the First of May. Contrast with England and the BBC!  A very strong mobilisation is expected on Monday 1st May throughout France for the traditional marches on this public holiday. Territorial intelligence … Continue reading MAY DAY GREETINGS !

Following an article on the Workers Party of Britain outlining the EU Commission's attack on Dutch farmers, we reproduce articles from Labour Affairs dealing with the EU Milk Quotas. The Commission decided to put an end to them in 2008, to take effect by 2015. The UK was delighted: at last the UK milk industry … Continue reading The Milk Industry

When one looks at the current Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) and its leadership, it is hard to escape the impression of a collective without principles, interested only in political power and in concealing, as much as possible, what they actually stand for so as not to annoy any powerful interest or to provoke controversy. A good example … Continue reading Is Labour the Natural Party of Local Government? Editorial

THE COLONIAL MINDSET Oh dear, I wish I could remember who said it but it had to do with someone killing 25 Taliban from a helicopter gunship, or was it a scam. US soldier Manning reported such a hit. and was sent to the torture of a silent cell. The 25 killer was cleaning the … Continue reading The Colonial Mindset

Rail Dispute : Who’s in Charge? Peter Whitelegg The revised offer (19/1/23) lauded by much of the media is nothing more than a charter for the complete dismemberment of anything approaching decent employment conditions. With no pay rise in many cases for 4 years, and inflation running above 10%, the current offer of 5% for … Continue reading The Rail Dispute: Who’s In Charge?

Notes on the News By Gwydion M. Williams Is Thatcher’s Spell Fading? Starmer and Labour’s ‘Timid Tendency’ China Badmouthed Over Covid The Sad Fate of All the Ukraines Snippets US Citizens Above the Law? Qatargate – Backwash From the Ukraine War? Russia Solid Chinese Protestors as Straw Dogs Is Thatcher’s Spell Fading? Baby Boomers like … Continue reading Notes on the News

We are told by almost every economics commentator in the main stream media that the markets panicked because, on 23rd September, Kwasi Kwarteng failed to explain how the government would fund the increase in spending implied by putting a cap on energy prices and reducing taxes. Kwarteng’s fiscal statement was unusual.  Kwarteng understood that national debt would … Continue reading The Budget Statement Was Not Unfunded—Editorial 1

It remains a distinct possibility that the Labour Party will form the next government.  It is a position it will win because of the chaos in the Tory party rather than because it has won the hearts and minds of the electorate with brave, radical policies. Labour are prepared to talk in generalities about creating a … Continue reading An Unconvincing Labour Party—Editorial 2

POP IN HERE A MINUTE It is said the sap of the white poppy makes you high   but not as high as the propaganda of the red poppy. In the dark side streets of a city just go and buy   the other one in a well-lit high street, a copy. but far more … Continue reading Poem