Politics in Britain is in turmoil. An early election will most likely happen as soon as December, or at the latest within a few months 鈥 the second early election since 2017.
This election will pit the Jeremy Corbyn-led Labour Party against various parties representing the interests of the 1%, including the governing Conservative party (Tories), the Liberal Democrats and the recently-formed, far right, Brexit Party.
The news that a solid gold toilet has been stolen from Winston Churchill's former home of Blenheim Palace seems symptomatic of the present British condition. The British ruling class are not merely having their bathroom fittings taken but they seem assailed by chaos on every side, writes Derek Wall.
Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of London on August 31 to oppose British Prime Minister Boris Johnson鈥檚 plan to prorogue parliament and force through his Brexit agenda. More national mobilisations have been planned for September 7鈥8.
With only a few hours鈥 notice, thousands of people filled London鈥檚 Parliament Square on August 28 to protest against British Prime Minister Boris Johnson鈥檚 plan to shut down parliament for several weeks ahead of the Brexit deadline on October 31.
The shutdown is aimed at undermining attempts by MPs to prevent a No-Deal Brexit, or attempts to move a motion of no confidence in Johnson鈥檚 leadership.
Chanting 鈥淵ou shut down the parliament, we shut down the streets鈥, more than 10,000 protesters blocked main thoroughfares around parliament for several hours.
Though Boris Johnson was swept to power with apparent ease in the leadership election, deep divisions in parliament and the British public at large mean that delivering his three promises 鈥渄eliver Brexit, unite the country and defeat Jeremy Corbyn鈥 will be a great challenge, writes John Lawrence.
Following Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson鈥檚 appointment as British Prime Minister, commentators are predicting a general election, possibly as early as October.
While a victory for Labour is far from certain, as it drops in the polls, Jonathan Cook writes that powerful forces are at work to ensure that Jeremy Corbyn 鈥 still the most popular Labour politician 鈥 never gets the chance to govern.
Barely had we digested the news of the unexpected Coalition victory when the corporate media commentators and a number of senior party leaders were blaming Labor鈥檚 election loss for it being too left-wing 鈥 鈥渢oo ambitious鈥, 鈥渁 large target鈥 and 鈥渂it off more than it could chew鈥.
Two very different demonstrations within less than a week of each other neatly illustrated just how polarised British politics is.
British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn met with Kurdish solidarity activists on March 30, according to the campaign website .
At the moment there is only one real mass movement in Britain 鈥 the one which got 700,000 people onto the streets of London in October last year calling for a new referendum. Labour should be leading it rather than be perceived as equivocating about it, writes Liam McQuade.
Edited by John McDonnell
Verso, 2018
This book is a valuable collection of 16 short essays on the crisis facing modern Britain, coming up with progressive solutions which a Jeremy Corbyn-led government could usher in.
It is edited by and has an introduction by Labour鈥檚 shadow chancellor John McDonnell, a long-time socialist and close collaborator of Corbyn鈥檚. He says: 鈥淲e are seeking nothing less than to build a society that is radically fairer, more democratic and more sustainable, in which the wealth of society is shared by all.鈥
Demonstrations on successive weekends in London last month shone a spotlight on major political rifts 鈥 in the major parties and in the political left.
On October 13, an extreme right-wing Democratic Football Lads Alliance (DFLA) march was out-mobilised and disrupted by anti-fascist demonstrators. One week later, about 670,000 people turned out for a 鈥淧eople鈥檚 Vote鈥 demonstration.