Appeal to all Your Party supporters: help get socialism on the ballot paper in May! - TUSC With the inaugural central executive committee (CEC) of Your Party beginning its term of office on February 27th, it’s now time to seriously organise to get socialism on the ballot paper in the electi...

Appeal to all Your Party supporters: help get socialism on the ballot paper in May!
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The final list of councils with elections in May - TUSC After yet another U-turn by Keir Starmer’s increasingly beleaguered government – reinstating elections in 30 councils which it had previously cancelled – it is now possible to compile a definitive lis...

Just seven weeks to go to get as many socialist challengers as possible into the May elections against the Establishment parties and their pro-austerity, pro-war policies. Are there elections in your area? Check the new #TUSC report.
www.tusc.org.uk/22200/20-02-...

Come along to discuss what a real people’s budget looks like and how we can fight for it in Brighton, Sheffield, Enfield, and Birmingham, with more to follow. Background ideas here - www.tusc.org.uk/.../Ideas-ab....

#TUSC opens candidate applications for May local elections - could you be the anti-austerity and anti-war alternative candidate we need?
Forms, election guide, etc. at
tusc.org.uk/22163/05-02-...
Closing date for Round 1 - 21st February.

Your Party, TUSC, and the 2026 local elections preparations - TUSC The latest meeting of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) all-Britain steering committee, held on December 10th, welcomed the successful launch of Your Party at its Liverpool conference ...

Your Party, TUSC, and the 2026 local elections preparations.
Statement from this week's steering committee:
www.tusc.org.uk/22084/12-12-...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Reconvened meeting: Trade Unionists for a New Party. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Recall meeting – Trade Unionists for a New Party On 21st July, over 1,000 trade union representatives and branch activists gathered to campaign for a new party rooted in working-class organisations an...

𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 – 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆
On 21st July, over 1,000 trade union reps and branch activists met to campaign for a new party rooted in working-class organisations and communities.
Join the discussion. Register at:
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This campaign needs you now Time for trade unions to take the lead in forming a new working class party

It's never been more important for trade unionists and trade unions to be at the heart of building a new party. We need to come together again to discuss and propose measures to Your Party. Be part of the campaign - start by signing and sharing the petition at chng.it/fLtj5x9CQ8

TUSC highlights the 2026 elections and union campaigns as next steps for the new party - TUSC The latest meeting of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) all-Britain steering committee was dominated by discussion on the next steps that could be taken to consolidate Jeremy Corbyn an...

#TUSC highlights the 2026 elections and union campaigns as next steps for the new party. New briefing document at:
www.tusc.org.uk/21952/15-09-...

Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana join over 1000 trade unionists at meeting to discuss a new party YouTube video by Dave Nellist

Well over 1,000 people took part in a meeting this week, with contributions from @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social and
@zarahsultana.bsky.social, plus trade union NEC members, about the need to build a new anti-austerity and anti-war party with trade unions at its heart. Video at youtu.be/fTTmB-itr4U?...

This will be the direction of travel as #Labour involves more private finance in the NHS
www.thisismoney.co.uk/.../US-inves....
We urgently need a new party rooted in the organised working class to combat privatisation - if you agree, sign here www.change.org/TradeUnions-LaunchANewParty

Sign the Petition Time for trade unions to take the lead in forming a new working class party

Twenty-five leading trade unionists, now supported by over 1100 activists, are calling for a new working-class party.
“The Establishment has its parties – it’s time the working class had one of its own. "
Please sign and share widely:
www.change.org/TradeUnions-...

Wrexham councillor resigns from Labour and joins TUSC - TUSC Anthony Wedlake, a Wrexham county borough councillor for Coedpoeth and formerly a Labour councillor, has announced his resignation from the party and will now instead sit as a councillor of the Trade ...

Wrexham councillor, angry at the government cutting disability benefits from the most vulnerable to fund huge growth in spending on arms, resigns from #Labour and joins #TUSC.
tusc.org.uk/21510/31-03-...
If you want to help build a new working class party, get in touch (details in profile).

Doncaster husband and wife who quit Labour among trade union election candidates A pair of husband and wife former Doncaster Labour councillors who both resigned from the party over “the demonisation of Jeremy Corbyn” are among candidates unveiled by the Trade Unionist and Sociali...

Former husband and wife Labour councillors from Doncaster who left the party to join independent trade union and socialist election candidates on 1st May: www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/politic...
#TUSC, because #labourisntlabouranymore

How the Labour Party was formed – lessons for today - Socialist Party The Labour Party, was founded by the trade unions 125 years ago, but today is completely dominated by its pro-capitalist leadership

With the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Labour Party a couple of weeks ago, here is an article I wrote for the socialist to commemorate the event:
www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/136...

The TUSC is rallying against Starmer in the face of cruel DWP cuts The TUSC says we need an electoral challenge to Labour in May that prioritises spending on public services and the welfare state, not war

The TUSC is rallying against Starmer in the face of cruel DWP cuts

The TUSC says we need an electoral challenge to Labour in May that prioritises spending on public services and the welfare state, not war
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...

This is a review I have written of a book of articles and speeches by Pat Wall, the marxist MP in Bradford in the late 1980s. It's in the current issue of Socialism Today. The book is well worth buying and the magazine is worth subscribing to as well.
socialismtoday.org/marxist-mps-...

UK politics live: Badenoch says UK not as rich as it thinks and country refuses to live within its means Opposition leader expected to turn fire on predecessors in speech in which she will try to break with the past

Badenoch says Britons are not as rich as they think and refuse 'to live within our means'
The UK has 3x as many billionaires as it had in 2010, whilst millions of families suffer austerity.
There's plenty of money; it's just in the wrong hands!
theguardian.com/politics/liv... #TUSC

Government unveils plan to reduce NHS waiting-list backlog The government promises to cut the list of patients waiting more than 18 weeks for treatment in England by nearly half a million over the next year.

.. there will be greater use of the private sector to help reduce hospital waiting lists, the PM has said:
bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I'm fine with greater use of the private sector, provided it's nationalised first and not allowed to profit from illness!

The Broxtowe Independents are unlikely to be the last socialists, trade unionists and community campaigners who believe a new alternative is needed to fight against cuts and for decent local services for all in the 2025 local elections. Could you help? Find out more at www.tusc.org.uk

And breathe...

Calm returns. First visit to #Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve, Coventry, for 2025

Royal Mail handed over to a new billionaire boss - Socialist Party The government has approved the takeover of Royal Mail by EP group whose majority shareholder is Daniel Kretinsky

Royal Mail handed over to a new billionaire boss socialistparty.org.uk/articles/133...
We need a new workers' party committed to public ownership!

Energy bills keep rising: What’s to blame and how to stop it? - Socialist Party This month, the government released its Clean Power Action Plan for 95% of Britain’s electricity to come from renewable sources by 2030

I've just been reading about why energy bills keep rising www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/133...
Worth a look, and then, if you're not already involved, join the fight for "democratic planning of the planet’s material and human resources for the benefit of the whole population and environment".

Earlier this week, I joined comrades from the Socialist Party, along with Lynn Walsh's family + friends, to say goodbye to Lynn, a leading figure in the Militant/Socialist Party for over 50 years. As well as Mozart, Pink Floyd + Bob Marley, we heard James Connolly's We Only Want The Earth. RIP, Lynn

On Thursday, let's send a message to Labour and help build a new political movement in Enfield.

Vote Independent

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Liz Kendall says young people who won’t take up work will lose benefits Work and pensions secretary says she will transform opportunities as Starmer bemoans ‘bulging benefits bill’

The sooner we build a new party rooted in the organisations and communities of the working class, the sooner we can challenge Tory ideas like this!
#LabourIsntLabourAnymore
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Forty years ago last week, the Tories vindictively increased the deduction from the benefits for the families and children of striking miners. Thirty of us 'occupied' the floor of the Commons. Tony Benn's diary records what happened next.
Solidarity #MinersStrike40

My first post on @bluesky ...I'm a socialist living in Coventry, UK. President of Coventry Trades Union Council, and a retired Primary teacher. I love crafting, photography and gardening.

Toe in the water on Bluesky: follow me if you're mainly interested in socialist politics, with the occasional diversion into our retirement world....
Solidarity.