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Can PR save democracy

Oct 29, 2021 Dave Middleton

With the news that Unite the Union have voted to endorse proportional representation (PR) for parliamentary elections the British left have, once again, started to get excited about the prospects…

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Preacher man: Starmer inspires the converted
by Critical Mass News Team
September 28, 2022
ACCORDING to the establishment media Keir Starmer’s conference speech was ‘inspirational’, he is ‘a Prime Minister in waiting’ and so on and so on, but those of you who might have turned over to it in exasperation after not being able to find the third part of Al Jazeera’s The Labour Files, will know that was far from the case. The speech was only inspired if you like a thesaurus of cliches. From “stand tall […]
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by Critical Mass News Team
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The Labour Party Conference takes place at a time of Tory crisis. But they are more concerned to take on the Left than challenge Capitalism.
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