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Keir Starmer says Iran conflict ‘not our war’ as he blasts Reform chief Nigel Farage

Basit Mahmood
Today

‘Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch for wanting to ‘dive in with both feet into the war without thinking through the consequences’.

Keir Starmer in Downing Street

Green Party sets sights on targeting trade union members disillusioned with Labour

Olivia Barber
Today

Zack Polanski is set to make keynote speeches at several trade union conferences

Zack Polanski speaking at Green Party conference

Reform’s Zia Yusuf in meltdown when asked about growing number of candidate scandals

Basit Mahmood
Today

The right-wing party has lost at least 67 candidates since May 2025,

Zia Yusuf

Latest Posts

Picket line

UK rail strike: Second day of action underway as RMT accuses government of ‘wrecking negotiations’

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
23 June, 2022

“Until the government unshackle Network Rail and the train operating companies, it is not going to be possible for a negotiated settlement to be agreed,’ says union boss Mick Lynch.

Radical Roundup

Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 4, June 2022

Basit Mahmood
22 June, 2022

The news you didn’t see this week…

rmt

Diane Abbott MP: Of course RMT members deserve our support

Diane Abbott
22 June, 2022

‘It seems surprising to me that anyone in the labour movement should see it any other way, when the RMT’s case is so clear-cut.’

Picket line

Why the right wing attacks on the RMT are failing to turn the public against rail strikes

John Lubbock
22 June, 2022

Right wing attacks on rail unions do not seem to be translating into public opposition to the strikes.

Right-Wing Watch

Right Wing Watch Newsletter: Forced Free Speech and a Summer of Strikes

John Lubbock
22 June, 2022

Last week’s newsletter looked at the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill, and the coming strikes.

Daily mail lab

Daily Mail mocked for front page claiming ‘Labour isn’t working’

Basit Mahmood
22 June, 2022

“The Tories have been in government for 12 years, and yet shitrags can still run nonsensical headlines”

RMT boss Mick Lynch praised for superb performances against corporate media and Tory MPs

Basit Mahmood
22 June, 2022

‘Others should study his techniques’

Boris Johnson

Dinner with Boris Johnson sells for £120,000 as rich Tory donors splash cash at party’s summer ball

Basit Mahmood
21 June, 2022

An African safari trip sold for £65,000 while a shooting weekend went for £37,000 and wine tasting for £30,000, along with a Chelsea vs. Arsenal tickets for £5,000.

Boris Johnson scratching his head

Tory hypocrisy: Number 10 planning to tear up restrictions on City bosses’ pay while urging pay restraint for rest of us

Basit Mahmood
21 June, 2022

“Everyone counts or nobody counts.”

rmt

Biggest rail strikes in 30 years go ahead as RMT slams government for ‘telling a pack of lies’

Basit Mahmood
21 June, 2022

‘The rail companies have now proposed pay rates that are massively under the relevant rates of inflation’

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