Lord Mandelson is gone. The trouble is that his allies, acolytes, confederates, proteges and bag carriers still dominate the Labour Party.

Screenshot from a thread on X, from 26th March: Labour's Karl Turner alleges that Morgan McSweeney is "still running the job" in the background, and that several MPs are "very angry" about the situation.

Really? Huge if true, genuinely.

Onwards and Upwards with Your Party! The Tendance is not a member of Your Party, nor are we boogying down with the kidz as Green leader Zack Polanski is (‘Dancing is resistance’: Zack Polanski and the Greens bring the party to the rav…

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Yes!

David Edgar had an important direct influence on the 1970s Anti-NF movement. Racism, fascism and the politics of the National Front / David Edgar. 1977.

David Edgar's 1976 play 'Destiny' follows neofascist group Nation Forward in England, against the backdrop of worker struggles for pay and racial equality.

Then. Now. Still incredibly urgent. Join us May 3rd for an anniversary revival reading at The Cockpit.

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Tony Greenstein in centre-right Jerusalem Post, “he will fight Green Party suspension”. The centre right Jerusalem Post normally publishes articles such as this: Am I a Zionist? Why Zionism must remain broader than politics – opinion Zionism has never been a single, monolithic i…

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French Far Right RN makes friends with Big Business. (From Attac France) At the beginning of Jordan Bardella : Pourquoi il Fascine la France” Julien Robin (2026) the author asserts that “”pour beaucoup il représente l’ave…

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Greenstein, 2022, on Ukraine, with David Miller and Chris Williamson. Greenstein, mates with David Miller (see Iranian state’s Press TV, Decolonization of the Mind 🔻 Former Bristol University professor David Miller goes to Iran to check Western media claims on …

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Greens suspend Monster Raving Greenstein. Exclusive: Greens cave to smears, suspend Jewish anti-Zionist member for ‘antisemitism’. The Canary via the poor old Squawking one The Green party has suspended well-known Brighton-based Jewish ant…

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Global Progressive Mobilisation in Barcelona. Sánchez seeks to rally global left against rise of far right Politico Europe. (This has not been widely, if at all, reported in the UK, including on the left.) Barcelona summit of left-wing leaders…

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My network of top Newshounds has yet to find the full reasons why Hunt was booted out of the Tories.

@pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social You probably saw this....

UK Tory MP who defected to Reform advises One Nation in Australian byelection campaign Former MP Tom Hunt has been working for Pauline Hanson’s party in the seat of Farrer, where One Nation hopes for a game-changing breakthrough

Tom Hunt, former Ipswich Tory MP. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Morning Star publishes defence of Your Party by Claudia Webbe. From YP Code of Conduct. Weekly Worker. “Your Party receives very little support, with” less than 1% of the vote.” Voting Intentions. The Morning Star, independent of the Communis…

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To be fair to Team Starmer, how could anyone possibly have suspected that Mandelson had any blemishes on his character?

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Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism? Gabriel Rockhill. A review: From one Campism to another. Gabriel Rockhill Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism? Monthly Review Press. I flipped through this book when it was published, but largely followed the brouhaha around its reception, by such fig…

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Help to Buy mostly helped high earners, IFS says People with lower incomes benefitted less from the house-buying scheme than those with high incomes, the influential think tank says.

UK govt loan scheme for first-time home buyers in England mostly helped higher earners.

Median employee wage is £31k, most people can't service mortgages.

Social housing is scarce. Tories destroyed it.

Councils could build cheaper by eliminating profit but lack capital.

Police seek two suspects over attempted arson attack on London synagogue Met says overnight incident in Finchley is being treated as antisemitic hate crime

Police seek two suspects over attempted arson attack on London synagogue. Met says overnight incident in Finchley is being treated as antisemitic hate crime.
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Finchley synagogue target of antisemitic arson attack Police say two suspects threw petrol-filled bottles at Finchley Reform Synagogue but they did not ignite.

BBC News - Manhunt after attempted arson attack on synagogue
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Your Party and the left: the experience of the Socialist Alliance. BBC 2001. The Socialist Alliance is a left-wing party which aims to offer a “real alternative to the New Labour-Tory consensus”.It is composed of individual members with no affiliated o…

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Group of Labour MPs proposes new policies to beat rightwing populism The policies include a Swiss-style EU deal, lower electricity prices and reduced dependence on the US A group of Labour MPs is to propose a series of new policies to defeat rightwing populism, including a Swiss-style deal with the EU, lower electricity prices, a robust defence of climate policies and a reduced dependence on Washington. Among those contributing to a new collection of essays is the former cabinet minister Anneliese Dodds, who calls for a fundamental reappraisal of the UK-US relationship, saying alliances should be based on “a hardheaded assessment of which nations share our values and goals.” Continue reading...

Group of Labour MPs proposes new policies to beat rightwing populism

GB News Hosts Reform UK and Conservative Politicians and Activists Posing as Ordinary Voters The individuals were presented as ordinary members of the public, without informing viewers of their political affiliations, a new Byline Times investigation reveals

GB News repeatedly presented Reform UK and Conservative politicians and activists as being ordinary members of the public, without declaring their political affiliations.

Byline Times investigation reveals pattern of behaviour by the Channel, but Ofcom still refuses to act

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Hungarian elections. While other right-wingers snivel ‘mad’ Frank Furedi says Populism won. Furedi during his Revolutionary Communist Party days (Ex-Marxist Furedi Joins Racist Authoritarians at CPAC Hungary.) “Viktor Orbán’s man in Brussels is a former Trotskyite who made his name …

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True, I've got a LRC membership card somewhere.

As events have infolded today this débâcle has got worse and worse. @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social

I see the insane orange felon is claiming he was a doctor, not Jesus, in that deleted post.

Perhaps he should create a whole series...?