Once again, it seems that Keir Starmer's Labour has ridden roughshod over local party democracy in the selection of the candidate for the Wakefield by-election.

Starmer derailed Corbyn’s Labour with his People’s Vote policy, but he had already derailed the Tories by blocking May’s deal. By this act alone he shifted their trajectory dramatically to…

Never mind the ballots. What about our principles? What choice do Council elections offer if you hate the Tories but are hated by the Labour Party?

Starmer initiated his war on the largely left-leaning membership of the Labour Party with the appointment of his first Shadow Cabinet. With the exception of Rebecca Long-Bailey and one or…

ALMOST everyone in the UK – and abroad – knows that Boris Johnson lies; we’ve become so accustomed to it that a more shocking headline might read ‘Boris Johnson caught…

In Episode 19 of the Socialist Hour Dave, Susie and Mike talk Starmer, Pidcock and the BigPowerOff campaign. And, music comes courtesy of Dave's vinyl collection as his CD player…

Starmer invokes Blair to boost his election chances. But recent history shows that Corbyn showed a better way to beat the Tories.

Sunday Socialist the free PDF - now with added hyperlinks. Features May Day, Labour's lost members, Corbyn, and France. Plus more.

For an organisation significantly dependent on membership fees for its finances, and for a political entity whose raison d’etre must surely be to inspire and engage, losing 200,000 members can…

We condemn our legacy of empire while our politicians ignore it to condemn Putin's imperial ambitions and sing the praises of liberal democracy.