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BRITAIN is suffering a democratic crisis, left-wing Labour politicians warned today as they called for reforms to break up the tight control of power held in Westminster.
Speaking at a meeting at The World Transformed festival in Liverpool, Labour MP Jon Trickett said it was his view that the British state is not fit for purpose.
“The Civil Service and British state is not structured in a way … that can deliver to our people,” he said. “I’ve come to the conclusion we need to disaggregate the British state, we need to take it apart and put it back together on a new basis.”
The historic heartland of anti-fascist resistance and mining militancy now faces a new battle — stopping Nigel Farage. ANDREW MURRAY meets ex-Labour MP Beth Winter and former Plaid leader Leanne Wood, the two socialists leading the resistance
Sixty Red-Green seats in a hung parliament could force Labour to choose between the death of centrism or accommodation with the left — but only if enough of us join the Greens by July 31 and support Zack Polanski’s leadership, writes JAMES MEADWAY
With Labour governments either side of the border, the distressing times we live in demand much more collaborative working, argues JESS TURNER