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Announcing his intention to join the rival Socialist Labour Party established by Arthur Scargill in 1996, CHRIS WILLIAMSON argues that the time is now right to advocate a mass vote for parties that run against Starmer's Labour from the left
Chris Williamson

NOT since the foundation of the Labour Party in 1900 has the need for an alternative political vehicle in Britain been more urgently required.

The defeat of the Jeremy Corbyn project left millions of people bereft.

So much hope and expectation was invested in the Labour Party under Corbyn’s leadership.

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