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Crisis for the conservatives — but what can we do?
The Tory leadership turmoil can help the labour movement and class struggle, but history show this is not a given: the Labour Party looks unlikely to turn to the left, so it is our own activity in the unions that we must rely on, writes KEITH FLETT
Miners and trade unionists marching to Westminster during the miners strike in 1972 - described as the ‘peak year’ of labour
by socialist historian Ralph Darlington
JOHN REES looks at why the June 20 international anti-war conference is such a vital initiative
Associate Professor BUI QUANG TUAN explains how modernisation and growth are helping to unlock new foreign investment in the Vietnamese economy
New workplace rights are welcome, but the survival of the trade union movement will be determined not in Westminster but in workplaces across the country, argues JOHN CARSON
Nearly two decades after leaving office, the former PM is still trumpeting the same futile militarism and failed free market dogmas. The question naturally arises: why does anyone still listen to him, says ANDREW MURRAY
Very modest growth in membership serves to underline the need for a change of recruiting strategies, posits NIGEL FLANAGAN
THE resignation of Boris Johnson as Prime Minister and his likely eventual departure from Number 10 is a moment of crisis for the Tory Party. Post-1945 history shows that it’s a crisis they can overcome though.
The wooden image of Keir Starmer correctly calling for the Tories to go will hearten them. Perhaps the worst that could happen Tory-wise is for them to lose an election to be replaced by a similar Labour one.
In 1957 Anthony Eden resigned after the Suez Canal war which Britain lost. Eden claimed he was unwell. Labour did improve its poll ratings but Eden’s successor Harold Macmillan easily won the 1959 election.
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