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
Labour Party
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
Rebuild British Manufacturing
From the think tank “Rebuilding Britain” Labour Affairs has carried from the beginning the link to “Rebuilding Britain” (See “Links”, top right of home page). This month we reproduce the Preface and conclusion of their pamphlet “Rebuild British Manufacturing” Rebuild British Manufacturing A Strategy for Revival The pamphlet is available at: https://rebuildbritain.org.uk/manufacturing/ Preface Britain’s greatly diminished … Continue reading Rebuild British Manufacturing
Workers Party Victory in Rochdale
Workers Party Victory in Rochdale—Thursday 29 February 2024 Labour Affairs congratulates George Galloway on his victory. George Galloway has won a landslide victory in the Rochdale by-election, saying his victory showed Keir Starmer has paid a “high price” for his stance on the Israel-Palestine conflict as Labour’s suspended candidate slumped to fourth in its former … Continue reading Workers Party Victory in Rochdale
Starmer’s Gaza Problems—Editorial 1
Keir Starmer has one objective, to win the next general election and form the next government, preferably with a large overall majority. Anything that might endanger achieving that objective will be removed. Starmer identified, early on in his leadership, that one danger was the opposition of the powerful Zionist lobby in the UK. He has consequently gone to … Continue reading Starmer’s Gaza Problems—Editorial 1
Rochdale a Rebuff to Starmer—Editorial 2
The byelection result in Rochdale is a huge rebuff to the political establishment. The Workers Party of Britain chose to make campaigning for the end of the Israel genocide of the inhabitants of Gaza a key point of its programme and this has found strong resonance amongst the voters in the constituency who elected George … Continue reading Rochdale a Rebuff to Starmer—Editorial 2
Rochdale—Another view
Eamon Dyas Zionism in Gaza and the support it gets from the West is a lifting of the “painted veil" that is civilisation. Whatever happens to the Labour vote after this, Labour GH will have a ready-made excuse to explain it. The same excuse will be used to explain the lack of locally sourced energy … Continue reading Rochdale—Another view
Debate: Northern Ireland and Brexit
NORTHERN IRELAND AFTER BREXIT WHERE SHOULD THE BORDER(S) BE? One curious thing about the sea border that has now been established within the UK between Great Britain and Northern Ireland is that no equivalent sea border has been established between the Republic of Ireland and mainland Europe. One might have thought that if the European … Continue reading Debate: Northern Ireland and Brexit
Notes on the News
By Gwydion M. Williams Notes on the News Batley and Spen – a weak victory Labour’s Timid Tendency China: The East Stays Red No peace with Covid-19 Climate Chaos Thou Shalt Only Be As Different As We Are Snippets Russia and China stick together The Call of Rewilding Abuse of women treated mildly Supreme Pragmatists … Continue reading Notes on the News
Ernest Bevin: Labour’s Churchill by Andrew Adonis
Ernest Bevin: Labour’s Churchill by Andrew Adonis A review by Brendan Clifford Lord Adonis, who was a Junior Minister in the Blair Government, has written a book about Ernest Bevin. Bevin was an organiser of working class power. Blair's great object was to dissolve working class power in order to free the Labour Party from it. The Labour … Continue reading Ernest Bevin: Labour’s Churchill by Andrew Adonis
Diary of a Corbyn Foot Soldier
Diary of a Corbyn foot soldier (April, 2021) Dictionary definition of a foot soldier: “…a dedicated low level follower” Content: “The weaponisation of Suspension in the Labour Party.” (1)“The weaponisation of suspension” (2) “ACAS guidelines on Suspensions compared to Labour Rules and Procedures” (3) “And these are the people who are going to change the … Continue reading Diary of a Corbyn Foot Soldier
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