Johnson is relying on the LibDems to deliver Brexit and austerity
The party on which Johnson is relying to deliver Brexit and austerity is not the Tories. It is the LibDems.
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Why Brexit is not the most important issue in British politics – Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of Labour fighting austerity is
For months Blairites in the Labour Party, in alliance with the Lib-Dems, using the Guardian as their central publicity machine, have been spectacularly unsuccessfully attempting to persuade the British electorate that the most important issue in British politics is not defence of the population’s living standards but Brexit.
Austerity isn’t over. It will resume, but it has been suspended for one year
The claim for the latest Tory Budget is that ‘austerity is coming to an end’, and has been dutifully echoed by the Tory press and the BBC.
In reality austerity policies will continue long into the future, extending the longest recorded fall in living standards in this country.
Labour’s moves on the Single Market – a further positive move by Jeremy Corbyn
By Brian Jackson
The new policies announced by Labour on the EU Single Market confirm further positive moves to defend living standards and jobs by Labour under Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership. The decision to accept membership of the Single Market for at least a ‘transitional period’, while not excluding it as a permanent arrangement, is correct from the point of view of working class living standards. It was, for interrelated reasons, also immediately followed by a further strengthening of Labour’s lead over the Tories to five percent – 43% to 38%. Unfortunately, this move by Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership was incorrectly attacked by some on the left. It is therefore necessary to understand clearly why Corbyn’s position was correct.
Defending living standards not the EU is the biggest issue in British politics
By Jane West
Labour’s successful campaign, in comparison with the Tories’ set back, at June’s General Election was due to the growing rejection of austerity, which trumped May’s assumption that a mandate for Brexit would be the decisive issue. The fact that defence of living standards, not the EU, is the biggest issue in British politics was also at the root of the setback for both the SNP and the Lib Dems in the election.
National Demonstration Sunday 2 October: Tories out – austerity has failed
Assemble: 11:30am, Victoria Square, Birmingham Demonstrate at Tory Party Conference and demand an alternative to austerity (This will be at Teresa May’s first Tory Party Conference as Prime Minister) Full details can [Read more]