Despite the adoring support from Elon Musk and Donald Trump, Javier Milei’s radical-right free-market nightmare is unravelling, and the people are beginning to score major victories against the government in the streets and in elections, reports BEN HAYES

COULD a future prime minister Keir Starmer and chancellor Rachel Reeves follow the disastrous example of Ramsay MacDonald in the crisis of 1931 and go into coalition with the Conservatives?
It sounds unthinkable now, but if Labour does not win a big majority in the next election, and faces ongoing financial difficulties caused by global economic headwinds, a Labour government could be under pressure to cut spending. A minority of MPs from the left of the party could well oppose such moves to assuage the financial markets and vote against them.
Starmer has tried to control the selection of MPs to weed out anyone who would potentially oppose him in office, but that still leaves a number of Labour MPs who could vote against further austerity measures in future.
![BY ANY MEANS POSSIBLE: Yanaocha mine in Cajamarca, Peru is the largest gold mine in South America operated by Newmont Corporation. It is considered the most profitable in the world [Pic: Elbuenminero/CC]]( https://msd11.gn.apc.org/sites/default/files/styles/low_resolution/public/2025-09/extractive%20caoitakism%20webpic.jpg.webp?itok=DEObb5jr)
JOE GILL appreciates a lucid demonstration of how capital today is an outgrowth of the colonial economy

JOE GILL looks at research on the reasons people voted as they did last week and concludes Labour is finished unless it ditches Starmer and changes course

