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Kill the Bill
UK politics is now in the process of ratifying the Crown’s Withdrawal Agreement. This is the only deal on the table. There is no other. Therefore we have to keep total focus on this. Should it be supported or opposed? … Continue reading
On English irony
Corbyn’s 2013 speech to a meeting convened by the Palestinian Return Centre has been falsely attacked as anti-Semitic not least by the Zionist and former chief Rabbi Jonathon Sacks. He was backed up by former Scottish Labour leadership candidate Tom … Continue reading
Corbyn and Anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism has been made into one of the major issues in British politics. But anti-Semitism comes in different disguises. First is open hostility, discrimination, verbal or physical violence against Jews as Jews. There is no policy or action taken by … Continue reading
RISE Speaker Addresses LU Conference
Allan Armstrong was delegated at the RISE National Forum held in Edinburgh on 8th April to be its representative at the LUP conference on May 20th. Due to the General Election this was postponed to June 24th. Here the link … Continue reading
Vote Corbyn
Vote Corbyn On June 8 (tomorrow) people in England and Wales should go out and vote against the Tories in every constituency throughout Britain and against the Unionists in Northern Ireland. People should vote for Corbyn’s Labour in England and … Continue reading
RIC-Edinburgh Statement
RIC-Edinburgh Statement on the June 8th Westminster General Election Theresa May’s forthcoming general election is not a normal election. It is being called in defiance of the Tories’ own 2011 Fixed Term Parliament Act. It bears a strong resemblance to … Continue reading
Really Palestine
Really Palestine The battle over Palestinian rights and the oppression of the Palestinian people is being fought out in the Labour Party in the guise of an increasingly vindictive witch hunt against Ken Livingstone. The Zionists supported from the Israeli … Continue reading
SOME OBSERVATIONS UPON THE COMMONWEALTH OF ENGLAND
SOME OBSERVATIONS UPON THE COMMONWEALTH OF ENGLAND There is a great deal I agree with in Steve’s article. In a later contribution to this discussion, I would like to develop Steve’s historic analysis, going back to the days of the … Continue reading
English chauvinism
English chauvinism The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, addressed the Scottish Labour Party conference to tell them that “seeking to break up the Union will only to fuel harmful divisions caused by the election of the controversial US President and … Continue reading
LU Conference 25 October 2016
End or new beginning? This weekend is Left Unity conference. The central question should be the democratic revolution and the role of the working class and how this impacts on Scotland, Ireland, Europe (EU) and the Labour Party after Corbyn. … Continue reading