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Cornwall will, along with the rest of the country, go to the polls on December 12 when the General Election will be held. We have asked all the candidates across Cornwall to tell us in their own words about themselves as well as their views on a number of different …

  Socialist Equality Party stands candidates in UK general election By our reporter 18 November 2019 The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) is standing three candidates in Britain’s general election. The party’s election statement puts forward the following essential demands: No to Brexit! No to the European Union! For the United …

LABOUR is gaining ground in the general election as its economic and social policies chime in with the needs and aspirations of the masses, the Communist Party (CP) has said. However, CP London district secretary Steve Johnson warned that Britain’s ruling class and its supposedly “liberal” intelligentsia would pull out …

The government’s recent decision to temporarily halt shale gas production on geological safety grounds, although sound in itself, must surely highlight what is wrong with the world today. In discounting the climate emergency as a reason it must be among the most selfish decisions made by any UK government. The …

‘Brutality of the system’ Mr Corbyn says he met a woman from Gloucester who experienced the ‘brutality of the system’ first hand. She became a mother to a baby with Down’s syndrome in 2017 and her husband died soon after, he says. She has now been told her benefits will …

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has hailed Rutherglen MP Ged Killen’s work in trying to save high street banks and cash machines as an example of what a Labour government would strive towards achieving. Mr Corbyn was in Blantyre on Sunday as part of a two-day visit to Scotland, where he …

BORIS Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn have traded their final PMQs blows before the election today as both leaders bickered over Brexit and the NHS. The UK is set to go to the polls on December 12 after MPs backed the PM’s calls for a general election last night. The bill …

Link to this page: http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1057/29604 Home   |   The Socialist 25 September 2019   |   Join the Socialist Party Subscribe   |   Donate   |   Audio  |   PDF  |   ebook Socialist Party members protesting outside parliament against Boris Johnson, photo S. Stanicic   (Click to enlarge) Six defeats in parliament in six weeks. A ‘majority’ …

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1057/29605 From The Socialist newspaper, 25 September 2019 Editorial of the Socialist issue 1057 photo Socialist Party   (Click to enlarge) The Supreme Court ruling that Johnson’s prorogation of parliament was unlawful has, for now, knocked the dramatic events preceding it at Labour Party conference off the …

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1056/29574 From The Socialist newspaper, 18 September 2019 Editorial of the Socialist, issue 1056 Trade unions shook the government during the N30 mass public sector strike in 2011, photo Senan   (Click to enlarge) The routine is pretty well routine now. At Trade Union Congress, Jeremy Corbyn …