Open season Wimbledon expansion, Issue 1626 WITH Wimbledon looming, the All England Lawn Tennis Club is in full lobbying mode for its plan to build an 8,000-seat stadium, 38 courts, 10 buildings and nine kilometres of roads and paths in its neighbouring park in south-west London, to host its qualifying …
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Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1068/30088 From The Socialist newspaper, 8 January 2020 RMT and NSSN protest outside parliament against the Tory government’s threat to the right to strike. 19.12.19, photo JB (Click to enlarge) Rob Williams, Socialist Party industrial organiser The mask has slipped – almost the first act of …
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The coming British Election is showing up two radically different angles about how democracies should work. Lee Duffield writes on the stand-off between the “reactionaries” and the “socialists”. THE FIRST BRITISH POLLS for the 2019 Election suggested we prepare for a Tory victory, then Prime Minister Boris Johnson forcing through …
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Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1060/29713 From The Socialist newspaper, 16 October 2019 Review of David Cameron’s book ‘For the Record’ David Cameron, photo Wikimedia Commons (Creative Commons) (Click to enlarge) Lawrence Davies, West London Socialist Party In the establishment’s eyes David Cameron’s claim to fame will be the EU referendum, …
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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 …
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