general election 2017

Labour staffers bought adverts to deceive Corbyn

Labour Party bureaucrats spent thousands of pounds to trick Jeremy Corbyn

Backing ‘soft Brexit’ and cross-party talks would spell disaster for the left

A catalogue of right wingers and rogues within the Labour Party want to work with the Tories and bosses.

How can Labour be relevant to its new members? Activists debate next steps

A meeting in central London last week revealed how the general election has enthused and emboldened the Labour left—particularly new members.

Protest piles the pressure on Theresa May

Around 1,500 people rallied outside Downing Street demanding that Theresa May resigns.

Weakened Ukip are still a threat after the general election

13 June 2017
Racist party Ukip won just 2 percent of the vote—down from 12.6 percent in 2015.

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Letting the Labour right come crawling back could have ruinous results

13 June 2017
After spending all their energy trying to undermine him many right wing Labour MPs are now willing to return to the fold, but they will still try to drag Labour to the right.

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With Corbyn vindicated by election, we need to keep up the fight to kick Tories out

13 June 2017
Labour gained 30 seats and ten percentage points on its vote in last week’s general election proving Corbyn's right wing critics wrong. We need to keep up the resistance to smash the Tories

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General election shows that politics is polarising back to two parties

13 June 2017
Not so long ago it looked as if parliamentary politics in Britain was fragmenting.

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‘We need a summer of discontent’—activists, trade unionists and Labour supporters on where next after the election

13 June 2017
Trade unionists, Labour Party members and campaigners spoke to Socialist Worker about how we can force the Tories from office.

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Protests defy the Tories and the bigoted DUP

13 June 2017
Hundreds of people descended on Parliament Square demanding that Theresa May resigns

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Anti-Tory vote was no revolt of Remainers

13 June 2017
Some right wingers and liberals are trying to paint the election result as the revenge of Remain voters who want to stay in the European Union (EU).

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