By Gwydion M. Williams ‘Feed the Rich’ – the Creed of Today’s Labour MPs Who Are the Next Nine? True-Born English – Not Replaced, But Diminishing Black Insiders Defending Hedge-Fund Hegemony China Still Rising Snippets ‘Reform’ – Fools are Fooled Twice International Law – Never a Reality Idealism Is Still There Roosevelt the Hopeful But … Continue reading Notes on the News
The death of Reagan’s Star Wars
By Gwydion M. Williams New Nuclear Devices The Strategic Defense Initiative Defensive Weapons Air and Sea – Next to Space? New Nuclear Devices You may have seen stories about Putin announcing a new nuclear missile – or is it two? Claiming it can get through any defence, but how? The key matter is Russia developing a … Continue reading The death of Reagan’s Star Wars
Extracts from the BSW Bulletin in October.
Comment by Labour Affairs: The BSW is the only genuine left party in Germany. It advocates peace and anti-imperialism, freedom of expression and distances itself from fashionable identity politics. As such it is far more of a threat to the German political class than other so-called left parties and unlike the AfD it advocates socialist … Continue reading Extracts from the BSW Bulletin in October.
Lord Skidelsky’s speech in the House of Lords on Ukraine
31 October 2025 [Lord Skidelsky was allowed five minutes] My Lords, I do not know whether it is a punishment or a privilege to be put last in the list of Back-Bench speakers, as I invariably am when it comes to a debate on Ukraine. The noble Lord, Lord Coaker, was powerful and eloquent in … Continue reading Lord Skidelsky’s speech in the House of Lords on Ukraine
The Onward March of the ‘Deplorables’—Editorial
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
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 “Unite the Kingdom” rally
Eamon Dyas I recently watched a video on YouTube made by someone who attended the “Unite the Kingdom” rally on Saturday, 13 September. He claimed he attended not because he supported the cause but because he was curious about the people who were attending. His video was shot from within parts of the rally and … Continue reading The significance of the “Unite the Kingdom” rally
Notes on the News
By Gwydion M. Williams Immigration – Giving Away the Lives of Others Feed-The-Rich Privatisation Hungary – the Wounds of 1956 Snippets Structureless Protests are Fun, but Failures USA Resenting Indian Success Hindu Home-Grown Racism Poland Replacing Coal With Nuclear. Sunlight for Power and Food Robots – Dangers and Hopes Still Fighting to the Last Ukrainian … Continue reading Notes on the News
A Freedom of Speech Rally
Catherine Dunlop Public debate over immigration and freedom of expression has become one of the most divisive issues in British politics. For many, the question is no longer just about border policy but about who gets to speak, what can be said, and who is silenced. Against this backdrop, the Unite the Kingdom Freedom of … Continue reading A Freedom of Speech Rally
Trotskyism – a Century of Failures
By Gwydion M. Williams The Problem of Political Compromise Lenin’s Militarised Socialism Trotsky In The Middle, With Egoism Making Soviet Democracy Unworkable Trotsky as an Obstructive Opposition Further Reading The Problem of Political Compromise Trotskyists imagine themselves as leaders of World Revolution, and it is sheer fantasy. But it means that they confidently oppose and undermine … Continue reading Trotskyism – a Century of Failures
Immigration Policy in Ireland
Eamon Dyas [This addresses the question of immigration in Ireland, but the same situation exists in Britain.] What began as a genuine outbreak of resistance in local communities to the results of EU immigration policies has become synonymous with the right. There was always an inevitability about all of this as the left, with its … Continue reading Immigration Policy in Ireland
PALESTINE LINKS
UN OCHA snapshot on Gaza Strip (24 September 2025) Trump promises Arab, Muslim leaders he won’t let Israel annex the West Bank (Politico, 24 September 2025) UN General Assembly 2025: Day two brings further condemnation of Israel's war on Gaza (Yasmine El-Sabawi, Middle East Eye, 24 September 2025) Final goodbye: MEE reporters on the pain … Continue reading PALESTINE LINKS
The Case of the German Left
Some 150,000 people attended the Unite the Kingdom march in London on 13th September 2025. The typical response of many on the left is to see the march as indicative of the rise of fascism and racism. Racists may indeed have participated in that march, but we believe the majority of participants were people who feel they have … Continue reading The Case of the German Left
The Sahra Wagenknecht Newsletter
[LA: It is striking how much the situation in Germany mirrors that of England, in particular the race to armaments at the expense of the welfare state, and the increase in the price of energy due to sanctions against Russian oil and gas. The situation created would be intolerable to the population in England if they … Continue reading The Sahra Wagenknecht Newsletter
Starmer Shuffles—Editorial
As we go to press it appears that Starmer has made his first move against his chancellor Rachel Reeves. Starmer has no understanding of economics but he does grasp that the huge drop in Labour’s position in the polls can mostly be explained by the economic policies that Reeves is following. Darren Jones, who had … Continue reading Starmer Shuffles—Editorial
Demolishing Democracy—Editorial
Britain’s Politicised Terror Legislation Britain is now seeing the full effects on our civil liberties of the provisions of the 2000 Terrorism Act and other anti-terrorism legislation. It is evident that the government and the political class are determined to enforce the provisions of the 2000 and 2006 terrorism legislation to punish indirect and even … Continue reading Demolishing Democracy—Editorial
Recognising Palestine
At a meeting in Algiers on 15 November 1988, the Palestine National Council, then led by Yasser Arafat, declared the establishment of a Palestinian state in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem and Gaza, with its capital in Jerusalem. In response, by the end of 1988, 78 states had recognised it and granted it full … Continue reading Recognising Palestine
LABOUR AFFAIRS SEPTEMBER 2025
Labour Affairs will appear a few days late this September. As you wait for the full issue, here is an article by Eamon Dyas that tackles the crucial issue of today: how can a society atomised by the domination of the economy by finance function at all? Industrial capitalism created a class of people who produced things … Continue reading LABOUR AFFAIRS SEPTEMBER 2025