Thousands of trade union activists mobilised outside Parliament on November 2 to protest the Conservative government's proposed ultra-right Trade Union bill. The turnout defied expectations of the event鈥檚 organisers, the Trade Union Congress.
Speaking at the lobby鈥檚 Central Hall rally, the Fire Brigade Union's Matt Wrack channelled the anger of his union鈥檚 rank-and-file. Unite's Len McCluskey reiterated his union's commitment to extra-legal action should the bill be passed, invoking the movement鈥檚 proud historic tradition of overriding unjust laws.
Britain
Labour's shadow chancellor John McDonnell threw his weight behind students who took to the streets on November 4 over Tory plans to cut maintenance grants and raise tuition fees.
British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has railed at Prime Minister David Cameron's decision to host Egypt's Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in his London residence on.
Jeremy Corbyn's election as Labour Party leader has already had a dramatic effect on British politics. All of us on the left in Britain need to ask how we can support him 鈥 and consider what the long term implications of his success may be.
A desperate Conservative Party launched a vicious attack on Labour and the tens of thousands who have protested against its October 4-7 conference in Manchester 鈥 highlighting the government's fear of growing mass opposition.
Wales Secretary Stephen Crabb accused protesters of spouting 鈥渧enom and bile鈥 because they dared to speak out against Tory cuts and oppose privatisation of public services and attacks on workers' rights.
Jeremy Corbyn's successful leadership campaign team launched a new group of the left on October 7 to transform Labour into a 鈥渕ass movement.鈥
Jeremy Corbyn. Photo: Stopwar.org.uk.
Jeremy Corbyn鈥檚 election as Labour leader has raised hopes for people who oppose Britain's wars. More than in any other area, it will take a mighty effort to make those hopes real.
There is no other area in which national politics so ignores the population at large. On the economy, health, education and so on, there is at least debate.
Threats from a senior general that the army would take 鈥渄irect action鈥 against a possible Jeremy Corbyn-led Labour government show a jaw-dropping contempt for democracy.
Top brass 鈥渨ouldn鈥檛 stand鈥 for a prime minister committed to international peace, said the September 20 Sunday Times, and would be prepared to use 鈥渇air means or foul鈥 to stop a PM who 鈥渏eopardise[s] the security of this country鈥.
The outspoken military chief remains anonymous, of course.
Whether or not it is true, the internet has decided that British Prime Minister David Cameron probably put his private parts into the mouth of a dead pig when he was at Oxford.
The allegations have been made by extremely well-connected Establishment figures, former Conservative Party Deputy Chairman Lord Michael Ashcroft and former Sunday Times political editor Isabel Oakeshott, and is published in the Daily Mail. This is the highest possible tier of character assassination in British politics.
When veteran left-wing activist and MP Jeremy Corbyn entered the race for British Labour Party leader, sparked by former leader Ed Miliban's resignation in May, he did so reluctantly on grounds it was 鈥渉is turn鈥 to be the 鈥渢oken socialist鈥.
I come from the same generation as Jeremy Corbyn. We were all born into families who had lived through the war.
My dad joined up as soon as he could and was in the navy for five years. My mum was in a reserved occupation. Her first boyfriend was a rear gunner who was shot down over Berlin in 1943, aged 19.
One of my uncles lost his leg at Niemagen. My primary school had air raid shelters. Most of the dads of my friends had been in the services.
British Greens member of parliament for Brighton, Caroline Lucas, has welcomed the election of socialist MP Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Party leader.
Lucas said: 鈥淛eremy鈥檚 success in this contest is a real boost for progressive politics. For the first time in my memory Labour will be led by someone who stands up for the radical changes demanded by the challenges we face.
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