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Only Corbyn can bring us together and rid us of this Tory plague
Whether you voted Leave or Remain, it’s Labour’s policies that will benefit our class, says TAM KIRBY
Prime Minister Boris Johnson

WE ARE very soon going to be faced with a general election and the choices are going to be to be muddied for a whole host of people.

In Scotland it will be, once again, based on independence and Scotland being dragged out of the EU against its will. In the rest of Britain, it will be by Remain or Leave. 

The overriding thought should always be — what will benefit the working class? What party is going to bring about real change for that class?

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