In September 2015, Jeremy Corbyn won the Labour leadership election with a landslide 59.5% of the vote. A surge of new members and supporters joining the party during the leadership campaign resulted in about 550,000 people being eligible to vote in the contest.
In September 2015, Jeremy Corbyn won the Labour leadership election with a landslide 59.5% of the vote. A surge of new members and supporters joining the party during the leadership campaign resulted in about 550,000 people being eligible to vote in the contest. At the time former leader, Ed Miliband, said “Jeremy has won a […]
DUP Minister for Communities, Paul Givan, is set to rip the heart from communities across the North with cuts to our vital library service. Gavin Campbell reports.
DUP Minister for Communities, Paul Givan, is set to rip the heart from communities across the North with cuts to our vital library service. Gavin Campbell reports. Givan is in charge of implementing cuts agreed to by Sinn Fein’s Caral Ni Chuilin, the former minister for the now defunct Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure. […]
From Saville to Chilcot. Eamonn McCann, MLA argues that in the end both reports have protected those at the top.
From Saville to Chilcot. Eamonn McCann, MLA argues that in the end both reports have protected those at the top. The Chilcot Report into the Iraq war and the Saville Report into Bloody Sunday have a lot in common. Chilcot was published to on July 6th. Many were taken aback by the sharp tone of […]
People Before Profit Cllr Gerry Carroll has hit out at the Assembly for agreeing an austerity budget that is “an attack on ordinary people, on our services, and a handout to big business.”
People Before Profit Cllr Gerry Carroll has hit out at the Assembly for agreeing an austerity budget that is “an attack on ordinary people, on our services, and a handout to big business.” “The DUP and Sinn Fein have touted this deal as a ‘fresh start’ for people,” said Cllr Carroll. “It is anything but. […]
A political earthquake has shaken Scotland. The SNP landslide annihilated the unholy alliance of anti-independence Unionist parties with Labour, the Tories and the Lib Dems clinging onto only one seat each at Westminster.
Keir McKechnie, Glasgow SWP A political earthquake has shaken Scotland. The SNP landslide annihilated the unholy alliance of anti-independence Unionist parties with Labour, the Tories and the Lib Dems clinging onto only one seat each at Westminster. The scale of the meltdown for the Labour Party, who paid for climbing into bed with the Tories […]
Gerry Carroll, People Before Profit Belfast City Councillor, is standing in West Belfast for election to Westminster
Gerry Carroll, People Before Profit Belfast City Councillor, is standing in West Belfast for election to Westminster to give a political voice to anger at establishment parties and opposition to austerity. Every vote for Carroll sends a message to Stormont and Westminster parties demanding an alternative to cuts, job lay-offs and the destruction of vital […]
Following his successful campaign to win a seat in Belfast City Council last year, Gerry Carroll, the People Before Profit councillor for the Blackmountain area of West Belfast, is in campaign mode once again, having announced earlier this month that he is running in the upcoming Westminster Election. Fiona Nic Fhearghais spoke to Gerry about his campaign.
Gerry Carroll for Westminster | Fiona Nic Fhearghais | Socialist Worker 178 Following his successful campaign to win a seat in Belfast City Council last year, Gerry Carroll, the People Before Profit councillor for the Blackmountain area of West Belfast, is in campaign mode once again, having announced earlier this month that he is running in […]