Britain

'Operation Stop Corbyn' cranks up a gear, say communists

Details: Category: Britain; Published: Thursday, 16 August 2018 11:29

'Operation Stop Corbyn' has gone up a gear as the prospect of a left-led Labour government gets nearer, according to Communist Party general secretary Robert Griffiths.

He told his party's Political Committee on Wednesday evening (August 15) that British ruling class circles were determined to prevent the election of a socialist Prime Minister who has a long record of opposing austerity, privatisation, nuclear weapons and imperialist war.

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Details: Category: Britain; Published: Saturday, 21 July 2018 12:12

Tory disarray is the left's opportunity, communists claim

Details: Category: Britain; Published: Saturday, 14 July 2018 09:52

Addressing the Communist Party's political committee on Thursday evening, Alex Gordon recalled the words of Bolshevik revolutionary VI Lenin: 'There are decades where nothing happens and there are weeks where decades happen'.

In just one week, Prime Minister Theresa May had met German Chancellor Angela Merkel, moved against the Eurosceptics in her own party and precipitated what could prove to be a fatal spate of resignations from the Tory Cabinet.

NATO reminder that left needs to step up battle of ideas - CP

Details: Category: Britain; Published: Tuesday, 03 July 2018 11:51

A YEAR on from Labour’s 'extraordinary' progress at the general election more needs to be done to build a socialist mass movement to sweep Jeremy Corbyn into office, the Communist Party said at the weekend.

The CP executive committee welcomed the marches for a new deal for workers on May 12 and for the NHS’s 70th birthday last Saturday, but cautioned that parliamentary revolts Labour MPs opposed to Mr Corbyn’s leadership had confused the party’s stance on leaving the European Union, potentially alienating working-class voters.

CP calls for left alternative to Brexit "shambles"

Details: Category: Britain; Published: Thursday, 14 June 2018 14:33

'The Tory government is a divided shambles over Brexit and would be finished off by a large, solid group of left-wing MPs', Liz Payne told the Communist Party's political committee on Wednesday evening.

She was reporting after a visit to the Westminster parliament, where she had taken Palestine Peace and Solidarity Council chair Aqel Taqaz to witness Prime Minister's question time.

The EU Withdrawal Bill - questions and answers

Details: Category: Britain; Published: Tuesday, 12 June 2018 09:46

What is the EU Withdrawal Bill?

The Withdrawal Bill aims to repeal the 1972 European Communities Act and thus implement the decision of the June 2016 referendum for Britain to leave the EU. Therefore, it upholds the sovereignty of the people, while ending the sovereignty of EU treaties, directives and institutions over the Westminster parliament.

Press statement from the Communist Party’s further and higher education advisory, on the recent UCU congress

Details: Category: Britain; Published: Monday, 04 June 2018 13:22

Communist Party members who were delegates at the 2018 UCU Congress consider that developments at the Congress place the future of the union at risk.

We recognise that legitimate concerns have been raised about the conduct of the leadership in the current USS dispute and wider issues of union democracy. Congress is the forum to debate these issues, including holding elected officials to account.