Ben Lewis reviews Labour Representation Committee’s ‘A people’s agenda: a pamphlet for the general election 2010’* pp12, donation The Labour Representation Committee has been stepping up its activity for the election. A campaign of the Labour left whose most prominent leader is John McDonnell MP, the LRC is unsurprisingly calling for a Labour vote across the ...
The dispute over taxation shows the bourgeois establishment’s poverty of ideas, argues James Turley As the election campaign gets into full swing, many of the initial exchanges have all been linked to one issue - changes to the Britain’s tax system. The first flashpoint came out of the recent budget - Labour plans a small hike in ...
Are the main players in TUSC really interested in building the biggest left alternative at the election? Dave McAllister of Communist Students and the CPGB wonders what they're afraid of As residents of Walthamstow, myself and two other CPGB comrades were keen to get involved in the election campaign of Nancy Taaffe, member of the Socialist ...
Prepare for a political fightback, writes James Turley On Saturday April 10, thousands are to gather in central London to march in defence of public services. The march is supported by all the major trade unions, and the organised left is, of course, expected to be out in force. It is not difficult to see why. The ...
With Tory confusion on the economy, the general election looks to be very close, writes James Turley Alastair Darling’s budget was in effect the opening shot in Labour’s election campaign and, given the global economic crisis, he made a fair fist of it. As everyone knows, he had to promise financial responsibility, while offering a few ...