Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO says assessing a Labour leader whose mission was to smash the left must involve addressing the delusions that fuelled his rise
COVERAGE of the elections to the European parliament today is such that you might barely notice that there is a debate to be had about the role of the European Central Bank and European Union in imposing austerity across the whole continent.
In reporting the presidential debate in Brussels, the BBC managed to completely ignore the fact that Greece’s Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras is a candidate. They only reported speeches from the other political groupings, all of whom appeared to be roughly on the same page.
The local and Euro elections today have been heavily trailed as an opportunity for Nigel Farage to lead Ukip to a political breakthrough.
Young Communist League general secretary GEORGINA ANDREWS says the far right are filling a vacuum created by Labour’s abandonment of working-class interests — we have to give our class a better offer
Every Starmer boast about removing asylum-seekers probably wins Reform another seat while Labour loses more voters to Lib Dems, Greens and nationalists than to the far right — the disaster facing Labour is the leadership’s fault, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
The Gala’s core message of working-class solidarity offers renewed hope and provides the antidote to the anti-worker policies of Reform UK, argues IAN LAVERY MP


