British Politics - Socialist Action

May opts for ‘Hard Brexit’ – destroying jobs and making us poorer to control immigration

18th January 2017 Socialist Action 0

By Pat Tanner

Theresa May’s Lancaster House speech explicitly declared that the UK will not only be leaving the European Union but will also be leaving the Single Market and the institutions of the European Union, including the European Court of Justice. The effect will be to create new tariff barriers and non-tariff barriers on trade, which will raise prices, depress trade and lower investment thereby lowering living standards and losing jobs.

Support Len McCluskey for Unite General Secretary

21st December 2016 Socialist Action 0

Unite the Union is holding an election for its General Secretary in 2017.

As the Tory government heads towards a hard Brexit and tightens austerity, Unite needs a strong leadership that fights to defend people’s jobs and living standards.

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Liberal Democrats gain at expense of Tories on Brexit

9th December 2016 Socialist Action 0

Notes from the front of 09-12-16

Liberal Democrats gain at expense of Tories on Brexit

The by-elections in England since the EU referendum, two of which have taken place this December, have seen Labour come under a new pressure from the Liberal Democrats.

Trade unionists should support the free movement of labour and Single Market

2nd December 2016 Socialist Action 0

By Stephen Bell

‘There can be no doubt that dire poverty alone compels people to abandon their native land, and that the capitalists exploit the immigrant workers in the most shameless manner. But only reactionaries can shut their eyes to the progressive significance of this modern migration of nations.’

Brexit is a car crash – Labour should not embrace it

22nd November 2016 Socialist Action 0

By Pat Tanner

Brexit is the most important issue facing Britain. If Brexit goes ahead it will have major negative repercussions on the British economy and society for at least a generation. How the labour movement, including the Corbyn leadership of the Labour Party, responds to this crisis is therefore decisive. How the Labour leadership responds to Brexit will largely determine whether it will be able to advance electorally and whether the Corbyn leadership maintains and sustains the progressive wave of primarily young people into the Labour Party that have allowed him to twice win the leadership.

The attack on Corbyn is about Palestine not anti-Semitism

2nd November 2016 Socialist Action 0

Notes from the front of 2-11-16

The attack on Corbyn is about Palestine not anti-Semitism

Anti-Semitism is deeply reactionary, and in an extreme barbaric form was the cutting edge of Nazi ideology, that underpinned the Holocaust. Where ever it exists it should be opposed.

However, the claims that the Labour Party is seriously infected with anti-Semitism and that Shami Chakrabarti’s report covered this up are part of an on-going campaign to smear Jeremy Corbyn and oust him as leader.