“The rot runs much deeper. Cosy chats. Private text messages. Looking after your own. It’s how our system works, as this crisis shows.”
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Our Foreign Policy Should be a Push for Peace – Claudia Webbe MP exclusive
“The Tories have learnt nothing from failed interventions & instead are committed to an era of permanent war.”
Labour’s frontbench are wrong to turn back on Corbyn’s popular attempt to refashion foreign policy around principles of peace, justice & conflict resolution – Andrew Murray
“This means signing up for the US-led drive to isolate & contain China, whose rise to a position of great power in the world is more than official Washington, be it Democrat or Republican, can bear. To this end, one of the country’s two new aircraft carriers (albeit carrying only US-supplied aircraft) is to be deployed in the Far East, as an earnest of our commitment.”
The NHS & Social Care White Paper is a charter for a privatisation bonanza: Hancock’s game of thrones & how to resist.
“Private providers commissioning themselves? Forget the Serco Track & Trace scandal; we’re crossing the Rubicon.”
Uber ruling : now is the time to fight for gig workers’ rights
“When workers cannot negotiate their own contracts, hourly rates, or have any other recourse to set parameters of the job, they are not independent or free but are being exploited by companies who steal their labour in pursuit of profit.” By Amy Smith, Halifax CLP. In February 2021 the UK Supreme Court delivered a landmark…
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The Tory approach is to prioritise profit, while workers shoulder the burden of the crisis – Labour must inspire with a vision of full employment. Nadia Jama.
"We are living through history; this is the greatest economic crisis in more than a century. We should set our aspirations to meet it."
Too many politicians seek to punish & scapegoat asylum seekers –Pamela Fitzpatrick
“The lives of asylum seekers remain secondary to many politicians who cynically use the issue for perceived political advantage.”
Full employment is not a pie in the sky aspiration – Jon Trickett MP
“ The fight for Labour is not only to bring unemployment down by making full employment the overriding priority, but to address the culture of the labour market and end wage exploitation by making work pay.”
The Gypsy, Roma & Traveller community need our collaboration not just solidarity – Mish Rahman. #PoliceCrackdownBill
"The Policing, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Bill, which has provoked protests across the country, not only criminalises our right to protest & express dissent, but also criminalises Gypsy & Traveller communities for their very way of life."
Ecuador’s Socialists Set to Defeat Neo-liberalism
"With a left victory likely, there are growing concerns that elites in Ecuador & abroad are conspiring to sabotage the electoral process."