Editorials

Daily editorials from the newspaper

The bankers are in charge as Hunt postpones fiscal statement until November 17th

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TORY Chancellor Hunt announced yesterday that the ‘fiscal statement’, which had been due to be delivered next Monday, 31st October, will now be delayed...

Call indefinite general strike! Overthrow the 5th Republic! Forward to a Socialist France!

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THE ‘YELLOW Vests’ who have been out on the streets of France every Saturday for over a year have joined forces with the mighty...

US, UK and EU trade unions must take general strike action to defeat Israel’s...

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THE Israeli regime started its threatened ground invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah with an intense bombardment of the city on Sunday...

Hamas denounces the Israeli Military hijacking of the Handala aid ship

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THE Hamas movement has strongly denounced the Israeli military hijacking of the Handala aid ship in international waters and the abduction of its passengers,...

US-UK in a stampede to quit Afghanistan!

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IN the light of President Obama’s determination to quit Afghanistan, and his acknowledgement that the US has been talking to the Taleban, the UK’s...

US to arm Ukrainian coupists

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US imperialism has reacted to the breakdown of talks at the weekend of the Contact Group on Ukrainian reconciliation with threats to massively intervene...

Obama Commission sets out a plan for massive attacks on working class

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AFTER President Obama’s announcement that he intends to impose a two-year wage freeze on Federal workers, the Obama appointed US deficit commission has called...

Tory police state plans alive and well!

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PLANS for more secret court hearings, in the Justice and Security Bill, will create a ‘statutory straitjacket’ for judges, Martin Chamberlain, one of the...

Chagossians must have the right to return – the US base on Diego Garcia...

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A BIG delegation of the 2,000 Chagossians who are living in Crawley, plus delegations from the FBU, GMB and POA trade unions will be...

US-UK Being Driven Out Of Afghanistan!

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CURRENTLY, the ‘Friends of Syria’ conference in Tunis is considering the best way for the imperialist powers to intervene in Syria to overthrow president...

Housing costs soar!

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SINCE Labour took office in 1997, house prices have gone up four times more quickly than workers’ pay, according to figures published by the...

Tuc Leaders Are Betraying The Working Class

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THE 150,000 workers who turned out in London on Saturday, as well as the thousands in Glasgow and Belfast, represent a massive change...

From Low Wage To No Wage Economy – Tories Plan Chain Gangs For Youth

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CRISPIN Blunt, the justice minister, announced yesterday that instructions were being issued to the courts to the effect that unemployed offenders sentenced to the...

Royal Mail shares frenzy grips bankrupt bosses

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TODAY is the official starting day of trading on the stock exchange in Royal Mail shares, a sell-off that has been greeted in the...

Labour under ex-prosecutor Starmer cannot win a general election – What is needed is...

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LABOUR has failed to dominate the council elections despite the illegal actions of PM Johnson, and the way that under his government living standards...

End imperialist wars with victory of the world socialist revolution!

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ON SUNDAY, US defence secretary Pete Hegseth insisted publicly that, despite the illegal bombing of three Iranian nuclear sites on Saturday, Donald Trump’s administration...

Scottish Labour Call For A Gaza Ceasefire Must Be Supported By All Trade Unions...

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FORMER Mossad official, Rami Igra, has said all Palestinians in Gaza over the age of 4 deserve to face Israel’s collective punishment policy of...

Defend The NHS By Bringing Down The Coalition!

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THE Tory-led coalition lie, that the NHS is safe in their hands, has been exploded by the announcement that over 1,630 frontline jobs are...

‘We are not asking the west to choose our leaders’

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THIS was the defiant and revolutionary message that came out of Egypt from demonstrators, and was shown in the western media, in response to...

Syria refuses to give way to imperialism

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THE news that the Obama regime is demanding the complete withdrawal of Hezbollah fighters from Syria marks a decisive development in the increasingly desperate...

Anti-Brexit coup under way – ‘Country before Party’ means bringing in military police state!

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WITH PM May seeking a miracle rescue by the EU getting rid of the backstop, in the real world a coup is being launched...

Support Chagos Islanders’ right to return!

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TODAY’S picket of 10 Downing Street by the Chagos Islanders and their supporters is a vital one. They are demanding that the Prime Minister, Gordon...

Tory attack on migrants is an attack on the working class!

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MIGRANT workers who work illegally in England and Wales are to face up to six months in prison under especially vindictive anti-migrant proposals to...

UK, France & US ‘war of annihilation!’ on Raqqa – a war crime says...

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AMNESTY International carried out a field investigation in the city of Raqqa in Northern Syria. They have reported the true horror of the UK,...

Starmer plans to use racism to split working class in an attempt to hold...

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THERE has been an outpouring of rage over the speech by Labour prime minister Keir Starmer on Monday unveiling the government’s immigration White Paper...

One day FBU strikes must pave the way for a general strike!

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LAST Friday the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) announced that it would kick off its defence of jobs and conditions with two days of strike...

The Death Agony Of Capitalism Requires A Socialist Revolution!

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THE crisis of the capitalist system erupted on Saturday with an opening salvo of explosive tariffs imposed by the US President Trump on his...

Corbyn sets out to unrig and transform the ‘rigged’ capitalist system

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LABOUR Leader Corbyn opened the Labour Party general election campaign yesterday by stating: ‘We have four weeks. Four weeks to take our message to...

Celebrate the Centenary of the Russian Revolution! Forward to the victory of the...

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THE rally this Sunday will not just celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution. It will be a clarion call for workers to...

No Respite From The Capitalist Crisis!

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IT is one of the features of the capitalist crisis that it proceeds not in a straight line but through a downward spiral movement...

Victoria Nuland – The Organiser Of Ukraine Coup Visits Athens!

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IN Greece, the Syriza government, which was elected to break with the Troika of the European Commission, the IMF and the European Central Bank,...

Inflation up as Blair-Brown move to cut wages!

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INFLATION in the UK is accelerating out of control. According to the latest Labour government figures which grossly underestimate the process the Consumer...

PM Johnson In ‘Intensive Care’ And Labour Is Ready For A National Government

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PRIME Minister Boris Johnson is now in intensive care at St Thomas’ hospital, laid low by the coronovirus, perfectly reflecting the state of British...

UNIONS must purge Labour Party of Brown and the Blairites

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AFTER the Labour party defeat at Glasgow East, one of the safest Labour seats in the country, the Prime Minister Gordon Brown has stated...

Victory to Syria – US and UK imperialism out of the Middle East!

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‘THE hope that the ceasefire in Syria will be reinstated is very little now,’ Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov admitted on Tuesday. ‘We are expressing serious...

Tory government a ‘dying administration’ – put it out of its misery with a...

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YESTERDAY, NHS England was due to publish the Tory blueprint for dealing with the huge NHS backlog and reducing the record six million patients...

Time To Destroy The Anti-Union Laws With A General Strike And A Socialist Revolution!

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THE FBU has made a decisive intervention, demanding that the trade unions build a campaign to defy the anti-strike laws being pushed through Parliament...

Universal Credit can’t be fixed: Abolish it along with the Tories!

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THE TORY government suffered a defeat in the courts this week when the court of appeal dismissed a challenge by the Department for Work...

Imperialist wars create millions of refugees

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David Cameron, was at his most nauseating, hypocritical best yesterday when he delivered a speech marking the 800-year anniversary of the signing of the...

French Health Workers Win Major Victory Over Macron Government!

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THE FRENCH government has been forced by the mass actions of the health workers’ trade unions to concede pay rises worth 8bn euros (£7.2bn)...

Treasury Secretary’s insistence that America will not run out of cash only increases fears that...

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ON SUNDAY, US president Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, felt compelled to appear on a US news channel to insist to the public...

Labour MPs condemn gov. for planning ‘shameful trade deal’ with Israel!

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THE Labour government has outraged a large number of Labour MPs and very many Labour Party members and supporters by proceeding with its plan...

Shut down the House of Lords and purge the House of Commons! Leave the...

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THE MAY government avoided a House of Commons defeat for the Brexit Withdrawal Bill last Tuesday by making promises to the leading Tory Remainer,...

Barbaric anti-homeless spikes scandal

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THE picture showing one-inch-long metal spikes driven into the pavement in the doorway of a block of luxury flats in central London in order...

UNISON condemns Blair for breaking NHS promise

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UNISON Head of Health, Karen Jennings, has condemned Labour government plans to allow private treatment centres to poach NHS staff, breaking a Labour government...