DOCSLIB.ORG

Organise Labour's New Supporters

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Organise Labour's New Supporters & Workers’ Liberty SolFor siociadl ownershaip of the branks aind intdustry y No 440 31 May 2017 50p/£1 Inside: Vote Labour! Fighting for free education Student activists discuss Labour’s YOUTH policies for Higher Education and students. See page 5 Is Corbyn right VOTE on terrorism? Clive Bradley discusses Corbyn’s response to the Manchester terror attack. See page 3 CAN The Russian Policies in the Labour mani - festo like a £10 per hour mini - Revolution in mum wage and nationalising the railways as franchises come up for renewal have Britain brought Labour denunciation or derision from the wealthy and their ideologues, and a big lead over the Tories among younger voters. BEAT The outcome on 8 June de - pends on how many of those younger voters can got to the polls. The outcome after 8 June, if Labour wins or if Labour Chris Mathews examines how the loses, depends on whether left- British left responded to the Russian minded young people organise, Revolution. mobilise, become a dynamic fac - See pages 6-7 tor in the labour movement. TORIES More page 5 Brazil in crisis ORGANISE LABOUR’S Alfredo Saad Filho reports on the latest political situation in Brazil. NEW SUPPORTERS See page 9 2 NEWS More online at www.workersliberty.org After Manchester: is more police the answer? By Sacha Ismail creased by the Tories — by about of and hostility to the police into vocate fewer people are sent to 10% between 2014-15 and 2015-16, the labour movement and among prison, which functions as a breed - A central part of the Labour following repeated boosts in the workers. ing ground for Islamism as well as Party’s response to the Man - years immediately before. Until we are in the position to other social maladies. chester atrocity has been to em - A more nuanced version of this build a viable alternative, based on None of that provides a quick or phasise its call for more police argument says that what is needed workers’ and community organisa - easy solution to a situation where officers — and now also more in - is more funding for “community tions, we cannot reasonably advo - small but significant numbers of telligence personnel. Labour is policing”. In so far as “community cate abolishing the police. But we young Muslim people are attracted also promising more prison policing” has any distinct meaning, can fight for the abolition of special to jihadist groups and white people guards and borders agents. what is generally meant by it has organisations with a particularly to nationalist forces, and so on. But With a lead from Momentum na - little to do with directly preventing repressive role (including MI5, — beyond police/security opera - tionally, wide swathes of left-lean - terrorist attacks. But it is said that with any legitimate investigatory tions of the kind which are already ing Labour activists have picked up police based in the community can powers transferred to the main - heavily-funded — there is no short- this narrative. In many cases com - provide basic low-level intelligence stream police) and for greater dem - term solution except to make a start which helps the security forces in ocratic accountability. rades go beyond arguing the Tories changing society. their work. Instead of more police, the labour are hypocrites to agitate against It is not just a matter of fighting But could the argument around movement and left should advo - Corbyn on terrorism when their ageable outbreaks, particularly of a for more resources. That should be police cuts have made us less safe, community policing work on a left or anti-capitalist kind but more cate more teachers, more youth more general level? That commu - workers, more social workers, as part of building up a much to positively advocating more po - generally as well, and to repress stronger labour movement (includ - lice and even sometimes using slo - nity policing helps to strengthen those outbreaks when they occur. well as more decent jobs young ing the Labour Party), trade unions, gans like “support our police”. “community cohesion” and social Look at what the police were people can take up. We should ad - community organisations and Is the argument about public solidarity, thus undercutting the used for, only three decades ago, vocate the rebuilding of the public youth organisations, to create a safety right? And if not, what ability of jihadist-Islamists and during the last great flare up of services and social provision whose should the left advocate? other anti-social forces to recruit? working-class militancy in the min - gutting has helped to turn much of movement which can reinstate a The work of monitoring, tracking The idea that more police is any ers’ strike, the Fleet Street printers’ Britain into a desert, starting with strong sense of solidarity and col - down and dealing with potential kind of answer to the social decay, strikes, and so on. Then they were the reversal of all cuts and privati - lectivity in workplaces and com - munities. terrorists involves a, relatively- atomisation and despair in which used even against relatively un - sation since the Tories came to of - That is the only way we can ef - speaking, small number of police Islamism as well as nationalism threatening left-wing student fice (which, let’s note, Labour has fectively take on right-wing have undoubtedly grown (interna - protests in 2010. not clearly promised). We should officers as well intelligence officers movements of all sorts and un - working for organisations like MI5. tionally as well as in Britain) is Look at the way they relate to wage war against poverty and in - dermine the ability of extreme re - Unlike the police force in general, wrong. people, particularly young people, equality. actionaries like Daesh to appeal which has experienced cuts under The police do not exist to deal non-white and migrant people, in Rather than advocating more re - “austerity”, these operations have with such problems. They exist to every working-class community. sources for the prison system and to some of the most angry and had their funding substantially in - keep them from leading to unman - Socialists need to inculcate distrust more prison officers, we should ad - disillusioned. Daesh resurgence in Libya Attacks on Coptic Christians By Charlotte Zalens lence in Egypt, mainly involving church bombings. This attack has By Simon Nelson That group fought against responsible for the attack on the 29 people were killed on Friday been described by the Coptic com - Gaddafi, with the possible backing Benghazi US consulate. ASL has 26 May in the latest attack on munity as reaching a new level of The fact that the perpetrator of of MI6; hundreds of its fighters now dissolved and encouraged the Coptic Christians in Egypt. savagery. the Manchester bombing, were imprisoned by the Libyan militias and shoras in Benghazi to Gunmen flagged down a bus This attack has been claimed by Salman Abedi, may have been government in that time. Fundrais - unite, Daesh in Libya appears to Daesh; it is the fourth such attack part of a Daesh network in Libya ing for the group was undertaken have had a resurgence. convoy carrying people making a pilgrimage to a monastery in to have been claimed by Daesh has focused attention on the by exiled Libyans across the world Daesh could draw on areas with since December. group outside of its main territo - including in Britain where a “char - an Islamist background like Derna south Egypt. Claiming to be secu - rity service, the men ordered peo - The Egyptian government im - ries in Iraq and Syria. itable” front organisation was where ASL have been at their posed a state of emergency after a raided and closed down in 2006. strongest. Many militants in ASL in ple off the bus, separated men Daesh is known to have groups from women and children and in - bombing on Palm Sunday which allied to it across the Middle East, In 2007, following an offensive Derna went over to Daesh, and this left 45 dead, but Christians have by Al Qaeda to bolster its links to influenced other groups across structed the men to recite the sha - Africa and Asia but in recent years hada, the Islamic declaration of said that the state of emergency is their strength has grown in Libya. groups across the Middle East, the eastern and central Libya to do the doing little to protect them. Islamic Fighting Group formally af - same. faith. When the men refused the Since 26 May Egypt has The fall of Gaddafi lead to a series gunmen opened fire. launched air strikes against re - of fractured and splintered militias filiated. The Islamist movement is They were boosted by returned fractured in Libya and Daesh have fighters from Syria. In 2014 Daesh Coptic Christians have faced an ported terrorist camps in Libya. and rival governments fighting for increasing level of sectarian vio - control. managed to establish formal affili - asked recruiters to stop sending The roots of Daesh in Libya lie ation from a number of branches of new members from Libya to Syria with the Libyan Islamic Fighting different groups in 2014. or Iraq and told them to concen - Group, formed in the 1990s from As with their campaigns in Iraq trate on attacks within their own remnants of the mujahideen who and Syria, Daesh have come into country. Now driven out, they at fought the Russian invasion of conflict with Al Qaeda affiliates in one time controlled the city of Sirte Afghanistan. Libya including Ansar al-Shariya and took over almost 250 km of (ASL), which was one of the groups coastline around the city.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Antisemitism in the Radical Left and the British Labour Party, by Dave Rich
    Kantor Center Position Papers Editor: Mikael Shainkman January 2018 ANTISEMITISM IN THE RADICAL LEFT AND THE BRITISH LABOUR PARTY Dave Rich* Executive Summary Antisemitism has become a national political issue and a headline story in Britain for the first time in decades because of ongoing problems in the Labour Party. Labour used to enjoy widespread Jewish support but increasing left wing hostility towards Israel and Zionism, and a failure to understand and properly oppose contemporary antisemitism, has placed increasing distance between the party and the UK Jewish community. This has emerged under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, a product of the radical 1960s New Left that sees Israel as an apartheid state created by colonialism, but it has been building on the fringes of the left for decades. Since Corbyn became party leader, numerous examples of antisemitic remarks made by Labour members, activists and elected officials have come to light. These remarks range from opposition to Israel’s existence or claims that Zionism collaborated with Nazism, to conspiracy theories about the Rothschilds or ISIS. The party has tried to tackle the problem of antisemitism through procedural means and generic declarations opposing antisemitism, but it appears incapable of addressing the political culture that produces this antisemitism: possibly because this radical political culture, borne of anti-war protests and allied to Islamist movements, is precisely where Jeremy Corbyn and his closest associates find their political home. A Crisis of Antisemitism Since early 2016, antisemitism has become a national political issue in Britain for the first time in decades. This hasn’t come about because of a surge in support for the far right, or jihadist terrorism against Jews.
    [Show full text]
  • Introducing the Outspoken Series
    Contents 3 Politics 10 Political Economy 13 Political Theory 17 Sociology 22 Europe 24 Race 26 Biography 32 History 35 Media Studies 37 Anthropology 38 Environment 40 Recently Published 43 Backlist 2 PLUTO PRESS / PLUTOBOOKS.COM Politics Peter Kennard: Visual Dissent Peter Kennard 50 years of radical, hard-hitting protest art from one of Britain’s most important political artists ‘In these memorable images, in these images that refuse Trade to be forgotten... they acknowledge the pain of what is happening... And they are exemplary because, in the face of such inevitable speechlessness, they remind us of the August 2019 need to speak out in protest, the protests of the dead and Pb: £19.99 / ISBN: 9780745339870 the living’ 144pp 75 colour images John Berger ‘This art is uncompromising, brutal & hard-hitting – but A full-colour collection of also very beautiful. It’s beautiful because it wants to subversive art, fully annotated keep us alive. All of us. (Even the lazy ones). It’s a jolt of by the artist electricity. A shot in the arm. A kick up the backside. You know what? It’s a wake-up call.’ Author is a highly respected Jarvis Cocker artist, with work exhibited at the Tate Britain and other major galleries This fully illustrated anthology showcases key images from Peter Kennard’s work as Britain’s foremost political artist over the last RIGHTS fifty years. World. All languages The book centres around Kennard’s images, photomontages and illustrations from protests, year by year, which provoked public outrage; including Israel/Palestine protests, anti-nuclear protests, responses to austerity, climate destruction, and more.
    [Show full text]
  • Post-Postfeminism?: New Feminist Visibilities in Postfeminist Times
    FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES, 2016 VOL. 16, NO. 4, 610–630 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2016.1193293 Post-postfeminism?: new feminist visibilities in postfeminist times Rosalind Gill Department of Sociology, City University, London, UK ABSTRACT KEYWORDS This article contributes to debates about the value and utility Postfeminism; neoliberalism; of the notion of postfeminism for a seemingly “new” moment feminism; media magazines marked by a resurgence of interest in feminism in the media and among young women. The paper reviews current understandings of postfeminism and criticisms of the term’s failure to speak to or connect with contemporary feminism. It offers a defence of the continued importance of a critical notion of postfeminism, used as an analytical category to capture a distinctive contradictory-but- patterned sensibility intimately connected to neoliberalism. The paper raises questions about the meaning of the apparent new visibility of feminism and highlights the multiplicity of different feminisms currently circulating in mainstream media culture—which exist in tension with each other. I argue for the importance of being able to “think together” the rise of popular feminism alongside and in tandem with intensified misogyny. I further show how a postfeminist sensibility informs even those media productions that ostensibly celebrate the new feminism. Ultimately, the paper argues that claims that we have moved “beyond” postfeminism are (sadly) premature, and the notion still has much to offer feminist cultural critics. Introduction: feminism, postfeminism and generation On October 2, 2015 the London Evening Standard (ES) published its first glossy magazine of the new academic year. With a striking red, white, and black cover design it showed model Neelam Gill in a bright red coat, upon which the words “NEW (GEN) FEM” were superimposed in bold.
    [Show full text]
  • Labour Students Caught in Postal Vote Scandal
    That Friday free thing Leeds St de Friday, May 4, 2007 VOL37:ISSUE 20 Labour students caught in postal vote scandal By Alex Doorey continued involvement with the Leeds certainly be expelled from the Labour branch of the Labour Party_ A party and face criminal charges." he spokesperson for the Lib Dems said said. that they were 'appalled' at the Responding to the Sunday Times MON 4 -SAT 9 JUNE Opposition parties have rounded on 'alleged disgraceful behaviour of allegations. David Crompton. the student Labour movement On Leeds University students whilst out assistant chief constable of West campus over claims that its members canvassing for Labour in Gipton and Yorkshire Police, said: "This is DIRECT FROM THE WEST END have been involved in the alleged Harehills'. extremely sharp practice and a.clear postal vote fraud scandal. These concerns have been echoed breach of the guidelines." tra_ I NG 0 The movement has remained tight- by Liberal Democrat Council Leader Wilson went on to say that. if the fHilu PIM ISIS lipped since allegations were made in Mark Harris. who said: "This is a claims were true. it would reflect the the national press on Sunday that ii disgrace. This matter needs to be difficulties that Labour were facing in I had been involved in the dubious thoroughly investigated." the local elections. collection of postal ballots for Simon Harley, Chairperson of "It is too early to say whether the yesterdays local elections. Leeds Conservative Future, made no allegations are true or not, but if they A spokesperson for the student comment on the counter-accusations are.
    [Show full text]
  • The Politics and Practices of Intersectional Prefiguration in Social Movements
    Armine Ishkanian and Anita Peña Saavedra The politics and practices of intersectional prefiguration in social movements Article (Accepted version) (Refereed) Original citation: Ishkanian, Armine and Peña Saavedra, Anita (2018) The politics and practices of intersectional prefiguration in social movements. Sociological Review. (In Press) © 2018 The Sociological Review Publication Ltd. This version available at: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/90951 Available in LSE Research Online: December 2018 LSE has developed LSE Research Online so that users may access research output of the School. Copyright © and Moral Rights for the papers on this site are retained by the individual authors and/or other copyright owners. Users may download and/or print one copy of any article(s) in LSE Research Online to facilitate their private study or for non-commercial research. You may not engage in further distribution of the material or use it for any profit-making activities or any commercial gain. You may freely distribute the URL (http://eprints.lse.ac.uk) of the LSE Research Online website. This document is the author’s final accepted version of the journal article. There may be differences between this version and the published version. You are advised to consult the publisher’s version if you wish to cite from it. The Politics and Practices of Intersectional Prefiguration in Social Movements By Armine Ishkanian, LSE, Department of Social Policy & Anita Peña Saavedra, LSE, Atlantic Fellows programme for Social and Economic Equity (AFSEE) and Sisters Uncut Accepted for publication in Sociological Review on 29 November 2018 Prefiguration, which emerges out of anarchism (Ince, 2012), is a politics embraced by recent anti-austerity and pro-democracy movements (Glasius & Pleyers, 2013; Tejerina, Perugorria, Benski, & Langman, 2013), as well as the alter-globalisation movement of the 1990s (Graeber, 2002; Pleyers, 2011).
    [Show full text]
  • OL-LP-Democracy-Review-Part-1.Pdf
    LABOUR PARTY DEMOCRACY REVIEW OPEN LABOUR SUBMISSION - PART 1 WWW.OPENLABOUR.ORG Introduction Open Labour is a national grassroots membership organisation representing the open left, a tradition within Labour’s broad left. Our politics are about economic and democratic transformation in the UK, but we are also realists. We start from the assumption that whilst most people share values which are socialist ones, most people do not see themselves as identifying with or being a part of the left and its movements. This means that we advocate a left politics which is based on pluralism, because different parts of our movement have different roles, and on listening and alliance building, because socialists have no majority without bringing new people on board with us. Open Labour has a number of aligned MPs and is historically rooted in a tradition best exemplified by the likes of Robin Cook, spanning from the centre of the party to its left and including sections of the trade union movement. Our tradition within the party has acted as part of a broader left, fighting alongside some aligned organisations such as CLPD as part of the Centre-Left Grassroots Alliance in the 1990s and 2000s. The object of this was to push against New Labour’s centralism, for greater transparency, membership power and democracy – values which we still believe in. Our membership has also pushed for much greater involvement of affiliates both as collective voices and as individuals, with most in opposition to the Collins review despite the general support of the open left for Ed Miliband during his period as leader.
    [Show full text]
  • CONSTITUTION of the OXFORD UNIVERSITY LABOUR CLUB As Of
    CONSTITUTION OF THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY LABOUR CLUB As of Trinity Term 2019 NAME AND OBJECTS 1. The Club is called the Oxford University Labour Club. The Club’s objects are the support, development, improvement and promotion of Labour ideals and objectives in the University of Oxford insofar as such objects are charitable; and the income and property of the Club shall be applied solely to those objects. COMPLIANCE 2. a. The Club shall be administered in accordance with the University’s Regulations for the Activities and Conduct of Student Members. b. The activities of the Club will at all times be conducted in accordance with the University procedures, codes of practice and policies in force from time to time on equality, harassment, freedom of speech and safeguarding (which are available to download via the University Student Handbook on the University’s webpages). c. If there is a national governing body for the Club’s activities with which the Club is eligible to register, the Club shall effect and maintain such registration: purchase any insurance cover which the national body makes available unless the Insurance Section of University Administration and Services (“the Insurance Section”) agrees to or prescribes other arrangements; and make every effort to comply with all safety procedures which the national body prescribes, or recommends as good practice. d. The Club shall observe the Code of Conduct on Safety Matters which is set out in the Schedule to this Constitution, ensure compliance with the Code by the members of the Club, and follow an appropriate procedure for risk assessment.
    [Show full text]
  • Safer Spaces DELLER, Ruth A
    Safer spaces DELLER, Ruth A. <http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4935-980X> Available from Sheffield Hallam University Research Archive (SHURA) at: http://shura.shu.ac.uk/24485/ This document is the author deposited version. You are advised to consult the publisher's version if you wish to cite from it. Published version DELLER, Ruth A. (2019). Safer spaces. In: KINNA, Ruth and GORDON, Uri, (eds.) Routledge handbook of radical politics. New York, Routledge. Copyright and re-use policy See http://shura.shu.ac.uk/information.html Sheffield Hallam University Research Archive http://shura.shu.ac.uk 2.6 SAFER SPACES Ruth A. Deller Introduction In this chapter, I explore the notions of ‘safer spaces’ – places where people from different marginalised groups can gather, speak and be resourced in safety. Safer spaces can be physical, but they are also cultural – framed by a series of boundaries, principles and practices designed to support members of the group(s) needing the safer space. I explore here some of the moti- vations and underlying principles of safer spaces, and the roles they can play in radical politics. This chapter focuses predominantly on examples relating to gender, sex, ethnicity, health and dis/ability although the cultivation of safer spaces can also include practices such as creating equality and diversity policies; providing appropriate dietary options for vegetarians, vegans, members of different faith groups and those with food allergies or other medical conditions; health and safety policies that ensure the physical safety of events and organisations, and ethics policies that ensure appropriate research and professional conduct in a variety of con- texts.
    [Show full text]
  • The Rise and Fall of the Labour League of Youth
    University of Huddersfield Repository Webb, Michelle The rise and fall of the Labour league of youth Original Citation Webb, Michelle (2007) The rise and fall of the Labour league of youth. Doctoral thesis, University of Huddersfield. This version is available at http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/761/ The University Repository is a digital collection of the research output of the University, available on Open Access. Copyright and Moral Rights for the items on this site are retained by the individual author and/or other copyright owners. Users may access full items free of charge; copies of full text items generally can be reproduced, displayed or performed and given to third parties in any format or medium for personal research or study, educational or not-for-profit purposes without prior permission or charge, provided: • The authors, title and full bibliographic details is credited in any copy; • A hyperlink and/or URL is included for the original metadata page; and • The content is not changed in any way. For more information, including our policy and submission procedure, please contact the Repository Team at: [email protected]. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/ THE RISE AND FALL OF THE LABOUR LEAGUE OF YOUTH Michelle Webb A thesis submitted to the University of Huddersfield in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy The University of Huddersfield July 2007 The Rise and Fall of the Labour League of Youth Abstract This thesis charts the rise and fall of the Labour Party’s first and most enduring youth organisation, the Labour League of Youth.
    [Show full text]
  • Young Labour Toolkit
    YOUNG LABOUR TOOLKIT YOUR GUIDE TO GETTING INVOLVED CONTENTS 01 Foreword | Harriet Harman MP Interim Leader of the Labour Party 02 Introduction | Simon Darvill Chair of Young Labour 03 Young and Labour Young Labour is the next generation of the Labour Party. Find out how it all works and how you can get involved. 04 Get active Young Labour runs a whole range of activities for its members. From regional campaigning to national events, there are lot’s of ways to get active. 05 Recruiting young people It’s more important than ever for political parties to engage and recruit young and active members. Thousands of young people join the Labour Party every year. Find out how you can help to recruit the next generation of Labour activists. 06 Working with Labour Students Labour Students work closely with Young Labour on campaigns and events. Home to all students in further and higher education who share Labour’s core values and beliefs, Labour Students is a great way for young people to get involved. Find out how you can work with Labour Students in your area. 07 Using Social Media As technology progresses, so do we. Find out how we are using social to share information and get our message across to young people. 08 Young Labour National Committee 2013-15 09 Additional resources Find out how to contact your current Young Labour National Committee and Regional Offices for help and support, or to find out more. 2 01 FOREWORD Dear Friend, Harriet Harman MP I want to begin by saying thank you.
    [Show full text]
  • NEC Annual Report 2019
    Labour Party | Annual Report 2019 LABOUR PARTY ANNUAL REPORT 2019 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Treasurers’ Responsibilities . 54 Foreword from Jeremy Corbyn . 5 Independent Auditor’s Report Introduction from Tom Watson . 7 to the members of the Labour Party . 55 Introduction from the General Secretary . 9 Consolidated income and expenditure account 2018/2019 National Executive Committee . 10 for the year ended 31 December 2018 . 57 NEC Committees . 12 Statements of comprehensive income Obituaries . 13 and changes in equity for the year ended NEC aims and objectives for 2019 . 14 31 December 2018 . 58 Consolidated balance sheet BY-ELECTIONS . 15 at 31 December 2018 . 59 Peterborough . 16 Consolidated cash flow statement for the year Newport West . 17 ended 31 December 2018 . 60 ELECTIONS 2019 . 19 Notes to Financial Statements . 61 Analysis . 20 APPENDICES . 75 Local Government Report . 23 Members of Shadow Cabinet LOOKING AHEAD: 2020 ELECTIONS . 25 and Opposition Frontbench . 76 The year ahead in Scotland . 26 Parliamentary Labour Party . 80 The year ahead in Wales . 27 Members of the Scottish Parliament. 87 NEC PRIORITIES FOR 2019 . 29 Members of the Welsh Assembly . 88 Members and Supporters Members of the European Parliament . 89 Renewing our party and building an active Directly Elected Mayors . 90 membership and supporters network . 30 Members of the London Assembly . 91 Equalities . 31 Leaders of Labour Groups . 92 Labour Peers . 100 NEC PRIORITIES FOR 2019 . 35 Labour Police and Crime Commissioners . 103 National Policy Forum Parliamentary Candidates endorsed NPF Report . 36 by the NEC at time of publication . 104 NEC PRIORITIES FOR 2019 . 39 NEC Disputes . 107 International NCC Cases .
    [Show full text]
  • The Inner Workings of British Political Parties the Interaction of Organisational Structures and Their Impact on Political Behaviours
    REPORT The Inner Workings of British Political Parties The Interaction of Organisational Structures and their Impact on Political Behaviours Ben Westerman About the Author Ben Westerman is a Research Fellow at the Constitution Society specialising in the internal anthropology of political parties. He also works as an adviser on the implications of Brexit for a number of large organisations and policy makers across sectors. He has previously worked for the Labour Party, on the Remain campaign and in Parliament. He holds degrees from Bristol University and King’s College, London. The Inner Workings of British Political Parties: The Interaction of Organisational Structures and their Impact on Political Behaviours Introduction Since June 2016, British politics has entered isn’t working’,3 ‘Bollocks to Brexit’,4 or ‘New Labour into an unprecedented period of volatility and New Danger’5 to get a sense of the tribalism this fragmentation as the decision to leave the European system has engendered. Moreover, for almost Union has ushered in a fundamental realignment a century, this antiquated system has enforced of the UK’s major political groupings. With the the domination of the Conservative and Labour nation bracing itself for its fourth major electoral Parties. Ninety-five years since Ramsay MacDonald event in five years, it remains to be seen how and to became the first Labour Prime Minister, no other what degree this realignment will take place under party has successfully formed a government the highly specific conditions of a majoritarian (national governments notwithstanding), and every electoral system. The general election of winter government since Attlee’s 1945 administration has 2019 may well come to be seen as a definitive point been formed by either the Conservative or Labour in British political history.
    [Show full text]