Sinn Féin – from the Ard Fheis to the General Election
Mary Lou McDonald: “The dream of Easter 1916, sustained by generations of believers who faced the hard road and never, ever gave in. The realisation of that dream now falls to us.”
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Votes and Voices – The General Election’s impact on Abortion Rights
We need to implore all MPs to tackle the situation of women being put in the firing line of the courts for managing their own abortions, for daring to make decisions about their own bodies in difficult circumstances.
A Tory slump, not a surge for Starmerism
The 2024 British general election result was catastrophic for the Tories. Labour, however, had fewer people voting for it than in both 2017 and 2019, when Jeremy Corbyn was Leader.
Vote Labour – Back Corbyn – And prepare to fight the most right-wing Labour government ever
There is a very limited political choice at this general election. But there is a major test for socialists in how they approach that choice.
Surge for Sinn Féin kills off reactionary two-party system in Irish Republic
Sinn Féin recorded a stunning advance in the latest Irish general election, topping the poll with 24.5%. The two dominant parties since partition, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil could only muster 43.1% between them, their worst combined showing in the history of the state.
To rebuild from a defeat Labour must base itself on the facts
There can be no illusions. In the election the working class and oppressed have suffered a serious defeat at the hands of the Tories. It means that the Tory Party, purged even of its fake ‘wets’, has five years to carry out its project of the ‘Americanisation’ of British society – to savagely attack workers’ rights and social protection.
Jeremy Corbyn should not resign and Corbynism must continue to lead the party – that is even more vital given the Tory onslaught which is coming.