In a recent Financial Times article, published on 18th August, it was reported that households renting privately spent on average over a third of their
Category: Labour Party
Birmingham bin strike: ‘you don’t achieve Equal Pay by driving down the wages of others’
By Birmingham Left Horizons supporters The bin workers in Birmingham are now entering their sixth month of strike action. It is an outrage that all
Letter from Andy Ford While Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing cabinet are engaged in their monstrous war crime of starving two million people to death
Editorial: Starmer squirming, but still under Israel’s thumb
Like the leaders of other western governments, Keir Starmer has announced that the UK government is considering recognising Palestine as a state. The appalling policy
By John Pickard The ‘liberal’ wing and ‘centre-left’ of Israeli politics – albeit a minority – is far ahead of the leadership of the British
Editorial: Gaza genocide facilitated by Israeli political influence
The horrific pictures of starvation and despair now coming out of Gaza are creating even greater waves of sympathy for those suffering, and among workers
In defence of Diane Abbott: the reality of visible racism
Letter from Dave Knaggs in Carlisle May I be as bold as to say: Diane Abbott is absolutely right. Her critics seem more interested in
By Joe Langabeer Last week, Jeremy Corbyn hinted on ITV’s political show with Robert Peston that he was considering setting up an “alternative” grouping –
The road to 1945 and the postwar Labour government
By Barbara Humphries [Editorial note: As we approach the eightieth anniversary of the formation of the Labour government in 1945, we mark the event with
By John Pickard Nothing exemplifies Keir Starmer’s cack-handedness more than the sight of him blithely whittering away during Prime Minister’s Questions, oblivious to the fact
