will PR instead of FPTP even solve the problem?
Around 20% of the electorate voted for Keir Starmer’s Labour Party in the general election. That’s because around 47 million people are eligible to vote and 9.7 million voted for…
General election time to vote against ALL establishment candidates
The following article is a comment piece from TUSC The Tories are heading for an historic general election defeat on Thursday 4 July, and no trade unionist, anti-war on Gaza…
Police arrest 11 people on orders of judge for holding signs
On Tuesday 2 July police arrested a group of 11 people for holding signs outside Southwark Crown Court which said “Juries deserve to hear the whole truth” and “Juries have…
Facebook facing investigation by EU which could cost it billions
The EU accused Facebook owner Meta on Monday 1 July of breaching the bloc’s digital rules, paving the way for potential fines worth billions of euros. The charges against the…
Starmer is already preparing for yet more U-turns when elected
Keir Starmer is famous for two things: Being the guy people sort of recognise as the man who runs the Labour Party. U-turns. Given the second, everything Starmer says or…
independent candidate in Feltham and Heston
In the seventeenth of our video interview series #CanaryCandidates, we meet independent candidate Damian Read – standing against Labour’s Seema Malhotra Damian Read is standing as an independent general election…
Catalan independence supporters first to be granted amnesty
On Tuesday 25 June, a politician and police officer became the first people to benefit from Spain’s amnesty law for Catalan independence supporters involved in the 2017 independence bid. Catalan:…
Assange is free – but the price it came with was heavy
UK authorities, at the behest of the US, have released Julian Assange from Belmarsh prison. But that freedom comes at a price. To secure his release, the US forced Australian…
Starmer House of Lords U-turn apparent with plans for peerages
It’s just over a week away from polling day. So naturally, slimy Starmer has just enough time to squeeze in another galling U-turn before taking power. The award for ditching…
indy candidate in Warrington against Labour
In the ninth of our video interview series #CanaryCandidates, we meet independent candidate Maddison Wheeldon – standing against Labour’s Charlotte Nichols Maddison Wheeldon is standing as an independent candidate in…
Green polling shows it may take four seats in general election
The Green Party was jubilant on Friday 21 June, as new polling it conducted shows it is leading in two seats – on top of the two it is on…
Starmer interview shows just who he actually works for
In January 2023, Emily Maitlis asked Labour Party leader Keir Starmer: You have to choose now between Davos or Westminster? Starmer replied: Davos Davos refers to the World Economic Forum.…