Britain: Starmer is Toast – Is Andy Burnham Labour’s Saviour?

Andy Burnham (left) and Keir Starmer (right)

The starting gun has been fired on a new Labour leadership contest. Starmer is now a lame duck Prime Minister. He is clearly too weak to block his main rival, Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, who now has a viable path to Downing Street. But while the Prime Minister is fatally wounded, it currently seems […]

Left Wins Historic Victory In Britain’s Biggest Union

UNISON, the largest union in Britain, has elected the left-wing candidate Andrea Egan to be its next General Secretary. In what was a momentous outcome, Andrea beat the previous incumbent decisively by a 20-point margin, to become the first rank and file member elected to the most senior post in the union. It is always […]

Let’s get the party started! Five steps to make the new left party in Britain a reality

The new party (which, *pinch yourself*, does not even exist yet) is already neck-and-neck with Labour in the polls. Today, Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana made a powerful and official joint announcement confirming a process towards the party’s foundation, a call which we wholeheartedly support and will build for energetically. However, the concrete steps which […]