"The Budget underlines the fact that we face a choice: either we can have social democracy, or we can have war - but we can’t have both."
Tag: Welfare Not Warfare
Ignore the Scare Stories, a Radical Budget is Possible – Stop the War
With services collapsing and millions struggling to make ends meet, we need to ignore establishment scare stories and fight for real security for working people- Chris Nineham, Stop the War.
BREAKING: Starmer’s Military Spending Splurge Opposed by TUC
'Labour tells workers there is no money left for us - for our wages, our services, our industries - yet somehow finds billions to spend on weapons and war." - Dr, Jo Grady, UCU.
Wages not Weapons – Regi Pilling, UCU NEC #TUC2025
"People in the UK & around the world will not be safer because Britain owns F-35 fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear payloads, spends £15 billion on new submarine-launched warheads, or invests £6 billion in munitions."
Wages Not Weapons! – UCU
"Workers at home continue to bear the brunt of austerity, whilst billions are spent on wars abroad," argue the UCU with the support of 9 more unions.
TUC delegates must reject Starmer’s militarism – Sophie Bolt, CND
Starmer's war drive worsens global threats & makes working people even worse off - our unions should oppose it.
Warmongering Starmer moves to 5% of GDP Military Spending #WelfareNotWarfare
"Spending £120 bn every year on lethal weaponry will make the world more dangerous, increase poverty & drive climate breakdown." - CND
Diane Abbott – Fightback against austerity
"I did not come into politics to make these cuts. Most people didn't join the Labour party to support these cuts."
“Simply grotesque”: Stop the War respond to Defence Review
"The only beneficiaries of this defence review will be the warmongers & the arms companies."
Let’s wage war on want rather than against each other – Red Weekly Column #Defence Review
In a period defined by volatility and uncertainty, one thing, at least, is clear: the skewed priorities of all those in power. By Ben Hayes.