Britain

La política británica en transición: la austeridad, Brexit y el desafío Corbyn

Originally published in English on Links Internatio

British politics in transition: Austerity, Brexit and the Corbyn challenge

By Phil Hearse February 28, 2018

Theresa May’s Katrina: Grenfell Tower and the election outcome that wasn't supposed to happen

By Sheila Cohen and Kim Moody June 23, 2017 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal reposted from Solidarity (US) — We live in a north London street which, despite its impressive 19th century architecture, is peopled mainly by “council tenants” (public housing residents). This is largely due to the left-of-center politics of the local council (government), which bought up large areas of such housing in the 1970s, limiting “development” and gentrification, and preserving much of the working class population. Perhaps as a result Labour MP Emily Thornberry, a strong supporter of Jeremy Corbyn, was re-elected with an increased majority of over 20,000 votes--63% against the Conservative’s 21%. Nationally, Labour won 30 new seats and increased its vote by 3.5 million and the Conservatives lost their majority.

They told us ‘elections are won from the centre’. We’ll never believe them again

By James Fox June 15, 2017 — Links International Jo

Richard Seymour on British elections: Where we go from here

By Richard Seymour

June 15, 2017 —

Earning optimism after pessimism: Salvage editorial on the British general election

‘Obedience to the force of gravity.

Socialist Resistance: For a Labour victory on June 8

Local and mayoral elections in Britain: Brexit election delivers carnival of reaction

By Phil HearseMay 11, 2017 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal reposted from Left Unity — The huge Labour losses in the local council elections are just what the Labour Right was hoping for. Peter Mandelson said as much late last year, when he stated he was hoping for Theresa May to call an early election that would result in a disastrous Labour defeat and therefore the removal of Jeremy Corbyn. It’s exactly what all Corbyn’s reactionary detractors in the press and television wanted as well.

Britain: The Tories, the general election and neoliberalism’s second phase