AFTER THE BOMBS FALL WE’LL BE ONE                   You make the world in your own image.                     The remorseless banks of piggery                   that snatch at your meagre savings,                     without interest while throwing                   millions to a shady property developer                     who build homes beyond the reach of                   those who build them.                     Organised crime will be much more                   sophisticated, in … Continue reading After the Bombs Fall

The Strange Death of Labour England There was certainly no garden party for the Labour Party leadership when the result of the Leave voting North Shropshire by-election was announced.  The seat had been a Conservative seat for over 100 years with the Liberal Democrats coming second until Blair’s 1997 election victory, when Labour took 2nd place.  In 1997 … Continue reading The Strange Death of Labour England—Editorial 1

The S-Word – Editorial 2 Starmer used the “S” word [Socialism] in an article in the Guardian in 2020 and avoided it in an interview in December 2021.  This is easily explained by the Labour leadership election that took place in the interim.  He used the “S” word in 2020 when it served his leadership ambitions … Continue reading The need for Policies—Editorial 2

How the Establishment functions From Craig Murray's blog: I suggested in my last post that the British Establishment may be looking for a way out of the terrible Assange debacle without raising difficult truths about the United States justice and penal system. The functioning of the Establishment, the way it forms a collective view and … Continue reading Assange by Craig Murray

AFTER THE BOMBS FALL WE’LL BE ONE You make the world in your own image. The remorseless banks of piggery that snatch at your meagre savings, without interest while throwing millions to a shady property developer who build homes beyond the reach of those who build them. Organised crime will be much more sophisticated, in … Continue reading After the Bombs Fall

The Guardian Online of 4 October contained a page of reader’s letters in support of Sir Keir Starmer arguing that the criticism of his performance at the recent Labour Party Conference was unfair and only served the Tory interest. Aside from the fact that the “generosity” of the paper in this regard stands in marked contrast to … Continue reading Editorial 2    —  The value of an effective opposition.

The Parliament Education Committee This was Parliament Notes published in the December 2020/January 2021 issue of Labour Affairs. [The Parliament Education Committee, chaired by Robert Halfon, Conservative, is composed of 11 MPs.  The 4 Labour MPs on it are Fleur Anderson, Kim Johnson, Apsana Begum and Ian Mearns. The problem under scrutiny ‘Left Behind White Pupils … Continue reading How White working-class pupils have been let down, and how to change it

Labour Affairs is the magazine of the Bevin Society. Here is the February issue.

Editorial February 2021 Reclaim the State And so, the deed is done.  We are out of Europe.  A last-minute deal means that the trucks are able to continue rolling through Dover and the other points of departure to Europe.  There are no tariffs or quotas and a much lower level of paperwork than had been feared.  The fishing folk … Continue reading Editorial February 2021

Israeli military intelligence analyst Assaf Kaplan given “crucial new role at the heart of Labour” In September 2014, the Guardian published an article entitled Israeli intelligence veterans refuse to serve in Palestinian territories.  It began: “Forty-three veterans of one of Israel’s most secretive military intelligence units – many of them still active reservists – have signed a … Continue reading Israeli military intelligence analyst Assaf Kaplan given “crucial new role at the heart of Labour”