The current case in the Supreme Court concerning the relationship between the government and Article 50 has highlighted the manifold contradictions facing Theresa May and the Tories over their Brexit strategy – or, as is quickly becoming apparent, their complete lack of it. Ben Gliniecki comments on the crisis facing the British Establishment.
On 28th October, two Uber drivers heard and won their court case against their exploitative employer, winning the right for them and their fellow “gig” workers to be granted employee status and accompanying workers’ rights. Thomas Soud takes a look at the gig economy and the militant methods needed to end exploitation.
Steve Jones looks at the calls for a “progressive” alliance of the “centre” being made by Lib Dems and Blairites in relation to the upcoming Richmond Park by-election. At a time when the Corbyn-led Labour Party has 600,000 members, there must be no concessions to those clamouring for coalitions based on a return to the failed status quo.
Paul Nuttall, UKIP MEP and former deputy leader for the party, was yesterday announced to be the newly elected UKIP leader, winning the leadership contest with over 62% of the votes from party members. But what, Scott Shaw asks, does the future hold in store for Nuttall and this far-right, racist party?
Currently, upwards of 135,000 people have signed a petition calling for the Royal family to pay for the £369m refurbishment of their ‘home’, Buckingham Palace – an eye-watering bill which the public are being asked to pay. Daniel Morley looks at the facts behind the monarchy and the extortionate amounts they effectively steal from the rest of us.
Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that the government’s agenda is “unashamedly pro-business”. Millions of Britons must be in a state of shock at this earth-shattering news that a Tory government is an “unashamed” supporter of big business. With British capitalism in a particularly precarious state, the bosses’ are looking for reassurances from the Tories.
The latest ruling in the Supreme Court has found in favour of two families who were challenging the Tories and their much-hated “bedroom tax”. Corbyn and the other leaders of the labour movement must now go on the offensive and use this case as a spearhead to attack the Tories and their whole austerity programme.
Recent reports indicate that three regional NHS services in the UK are predicted to reach a combined shortfall of £2.4 billion by 2020. It is becoming increasingly clear to all – patients, healthcare staff, and politicians – that a crisis is brewing inside Britain’s National Health Service, as the Tory government – and the system they defend – starve the NHS of funds.
Earlier this year, Socialist Appeal supporter and UNISON activist Terry McPartlan received a letter from Iain McNicol, Labour Party general secretary, stating that he’d been expelled from the Party after 36 years of continuous membership. We publish here an extended letter from Terry about his thoughts on the Labour purge.
With the shock defeat for the Tory government in the High Court yesterday, the turmoil arising from the Brexit vote in June rumbles on. But this is only a foretaste of the storms that lie ahead. While MPs will not block Brexit, they can certainly delay it and water down any proposals. Prime Minister May faces months of clashes, guerrilla warfare, and an extremely unstable future.
After many years of campaigning from the labour movement and local communities, Conservative Party home secretary, Amber Rudd, this week announced that there would be no inquiry into the brutal events at the Orgreave coking works in June 1984. The Tories’ refusal to hold an inquiry shines a light on the scandalous role played by the whole rotten Establishment over the Battle of Orgreave.
Negotiations over Brexit and the associated fall in the pound have exposed the fault lines within the Tory Party and the British economy. Theresa May and Philip Hammond have warned of “difficult moments” and “turbulence” ahead. The Tories cannot be allowed to make us pay for their crisis. As Rob Sewell explains in the latest editorial, a socialist fightback is needed.