“The Conservative Party has always been the true party of workers,” claims Theresa May. What a joke! Try telling that to the millions of workers living on poverty pay, in precarious employment. Tell it to the nurses who outrageously can’t afford to feed themselves without help from food banks. Tell it to the public sector […]
On 6 May Jeremy Corbyn held a rally in Leicester. Labour had booked a large meeting room at the Tigers Stadium, holding 800 people. The room was packed full, with people standing at the back. Outside, people who didn’t get in started chanting: “Let us in! Let us in!” Inside, the anticipation was high, and […]
The following letter was published in today’s issue of the Leicester Mercury. With the announcement of a snap general election earlier this week, it seems the time is up for the Blairite plotters. Labour will head into a general election with a socialist at the helm! The main reason a general election has been called […]
Despite freezing cold weather, more that 50 people gathered at the Clock Tower in Leicester on January 20th, to protest the inauguration of Donald Trump. Women of all ages were present, all expressing alarm at the prospect of an openly sexist and misogynist leader of the United States. “Dump Trump- racist Trump! Dump Trump- sexist […]
On Friday 3 June, Voluntary Action Leicestershire hosted a panel to discuss what the EU Referendum will mean for the voluntary and community sector in Leicester and Leicestershire. The audience was polled at the beginning and the end to see if they had changed their minds. Before the debate 14% were for leave, 63% were […]
Earlier this week in Derby, the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) launched a series of public meetings under the heading ‘The Socialist Case Against the EU’. Speaking in Derby (May 18), Becci Heagney expressed concerns with a current meme titled “What has Europe ever done for us?” that was produced by Unite the union […]
Our NHS is under attack like never before, and we must act now to save it. As a worker in the NHS and a UNISON member, I chaired a protest organised by Leicestershire Against The Cuts last Saturday. It brought together campaigners from groups such as TUSC, the Socialist Party, the Green Party, Momentum, and […]
By John Merrell The recent Ofsted report for Leicester schools stated three were “inadequate”: two run by the local authority, the third an academy. The two council schools are to become academies, a move unopposed by the Labour city council. The local Labour MP is Jon Ashworth, a member of Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet. Seven […]
The Government has been determined over the last five years to deregulate Sunday trading, today was their fourth attempt and this time they have dressed it up as devolution. Thankfully the Tories plans failed with the parliamentary vote not going their way earlier today. So far Leicester’s three Labour MPs have been vocal in their […]
Earlier tonight a lobby was held outside of Leicester City Council’s annual budget setting meeting. The fifty-strong protest was supported by various trade unionists and anti-cuts campaigners from across the city. With the Labour Party dominating Leicester’s politics, the protestors were asking Labour councillors to oppose City Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby’s plans to carry through […]
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