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For all those of us who had hoped that
the Labour Party leadership election campaign might bring some serious
debate
on the need for socialist policies, we have this morning received yet
another
blow. After the NEC decided to make the period for candidates to collect
nominations from MP a mere four days (24-27 May), in the way of the
uphill
struggle for John McDonnell has been placed another formidable obstacle
in
Diane Abbott.
Against the backdrop of a Con-Lib
government intent on savagely cutting public spending to make working
people
pay for the crisis of the capitalist system, the annual Conference of
Trades Councils
took place in Blackpool on the weekend of May
15th and 16th.
When watching
Comic Relief or any other sort of international aid fundraiser, viewers
are
often startled with images of starving children, and an attempt is made
to
portray the African continent as a complete humanitarian disaster,
composed of
destitute countries that are plagued by famine, drought, disease,
corruption,
and civil war. Whilst it is true that natural disasters and adverse
conditions have
hindered the development of many African countries, these media sources
do not
attempt to address why the continent is prone to civil war and
corruption and
no effort is made to explain the root cause of the problem: imperialism.(Photo: Paul Shaffner)
On
Monday, May 17th, 1.3 million ballot papers will go out for an election
that has the potential to worry the ruling class even more than the
general election, which we were told had world financial markets in
jitters.
No sooner has the dust started to settle on the fall out
from the 2010 general election and the decision of Gordon Brown to fall
on his
sword both as PM and Labour leader than we are already seeing names
being put
forward as “suitable” choices to become the new leader of the labour
Party.
After spending most of the week following the general election wheeling
and dealing his way to power, David Cameron expected his first prime
ministerial visit to Scotland to be somewhat more dignified. However
this was not to be as the Tory leader was once again forced in and out
of the back doors. This time it wasn’t to woo the Liberals but to flee
from protestors!
We continue our analysis of the 2010 General Election with a look at the issues raised by the results in Northern Ireland.
A joint press conference by Jerry Hicks and Paul Holmes was held in London on Thursday. Click 
David Cameron has been crowned. After days of torturous
negotiations, the Tories have finally cobbled together a “principled” deal with
the Liberal Democrats “in the national interest”. Cameron is now Prime
Minister, with Nick Clegg his ever-so-thankful Deputy PM. Five cabinet posts
are to be given to the Liberal Democrats to cement together this unholy
coalition, the first coalition in 70 years, since Churchill formed the war-time
government. Gleggameron is upon us!
As a new Tory/Liberal coalition takes office - in reality an accomodation of two capitalist parties - on a programme of austerity and attacks on the public sector, we look back at the lessons of the election and what it means for the Labour and trade union movement. (Photo - Flickr)
