Tomorrow, thousands of workers and youth will take to the streets of central London in protest against the genocide in Gaza, and in solidarity with repressed pro-Palestine activists. This question has become a mighty headache for Starmer’s government.
While claiming to be a party for workers, Starmer’s Labour has become a home for profiteers and parasites. While former homelessness minister (!) Rushanara Ali turfed out her tenants, Tulip Siddiq denies profiting from her auntie’s corrupt, murderous regime in Bangladesh.
After 15 years of austerity, cuts and declining living standards, Nigel Farage would have you believe ‘broken Britain’ is because of immigrants and refugees. But the real culprits are Starmer and the capitalist establishment!
On Tuesday, Keir Starmer dangled the prospect of recognising Palestinian statehood out as a diplomatic bargaining chip. Starmer’s crocodile tears have fooled nobody. It is actions, not words, that matter in politics.
Starmer recently met with the French President in yet another choreographed (and irrelevant) display of statesmanship. One product of these talks is another hare-brained scheme to appear ‘tough’ on immigration. These reactionary attacks on migrants are a divisive distraction.
British weather is known to be volatile, and the political climate is beginning to match this. With financial worries, imperialist tensions, and political instability to contend with, Starmer is feeling the heat. The communists, meanwhile, are making hay while the sun shines!
With Starmer’s government presiding over chaos, this year’s ‘Big Meeting’ came at a turning point for the labour movement. Trade union and left leaders must now turn their radical words into action, and build genuine opposition to Labour’s austerity and militarism.
As Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza escalates, the British establishment is clamping down ever-harder on Palestine activists. The labour movement must mobilise against imperialism and repression, and organise to overthrow the war criminals.
The SNP has faced another embarrassing setback following their defeat to Labour in a recent by-election. With nothing on offer to fight Starmer’s austerity or secure Scottish independence, the party is in a vulnerable position. One wrong move could easily upend the status quo.
Reform has set its sights on winning over working-class voters in Wales, by tapping into anger at Welsh Labour and the establishment, and promising to bring back jobs and industry. But can Farage’s party deliver on these plans? And can we trust the liberals to fight Reform?
Left MP Zarah Sultana has publicly announced her resignation from the Labour Party and called for the formation of a new left party, co-led by former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Fiona Lali of the RCP discusses the bold revolutionary programme needed to build a political movement for genuine change.
Today’s anniversary of a year in office offers no cause for celebration for Keir Starmer and his ministers. His Labour government is on the ropes. It is only a matter of time before the Prime Minister goes the way of his hapless Tory predecessors.