All the evidence shows voters want Labour to shift to the left — but initial signs from Andy Burnham are worrying on that front, cautions DIANE ABBOTT
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Socialists need electoral reform
Four major electoral reform groups are joining forces — if we want to see left-wing policies happen despite the lack of left-wing parties in Parliament, we should join them too, writes GLYN TYNG
ANDY McDONALD MP says Labour must show it is capable of delivering real improvements in people’s lives — bold action is required
ANGUS REID and ANDREW JOHNSTONE report on an initiative that we must take this summer
ALLISON FEWTRELL on what Plaid Cymru's historic election victory means for the communities being failed by Wales’s housing crisis, and four things the new government can do right now
France Insoumise MP JEROME LEGAVRE speaks to Christophe Domec on building the Europe-wide peace movement that came together in the International Conference Against War last weekend
At last weekend’s International Conference Against War, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER talks to the Palestinian physician and politician about the struggles ahead to achieve a truly free Palestine
ON September 7 2023, four major electoral reform groups, Make Votes Matter, Compass, Unlock Democracy and Get PR Done (GPRD), will come together to discuss how other countries have managed to change their electoral systems. Socialists should be supporting them.
In a 2022 poll run by Survation, it was shown that “a majority of people want water, energy, rail, buses, Royal Mail and the NHS to be run in the public sector.”
You would think then that at least one of the three main British political parties who want our votes would be offering such nationalisation as policy; clearly it would be a vote winner.
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