Mike and Jon get together to pick apart Labour losses, Reform gains, Starmer’s future, and hung parliaments in Wales and Scotland ~
Anarchist News Review: Election results analysis
Tag: Local elections
Anarchist News Review: Local elections, Mayday rallies and direct action at Barclays
With Reform making big gains in the face of Labour’s sharp rightwards turn and ongoing Tory incompetence, is control of Wales the next stop?
All change in the councils: Except it isn’t
Oh garçon, I’d like Enoch-was-right Toryism with even more grifting, please.
What the local elections show about the weakness of English fascism
So although none of the big-name English fascist groups did get candidates elected, some of the ‘independents’ elected this May in England may …
UK Elections 2022
Jon Bigger rounds up the local electoral drama and the jamboree’s implications for the various political factions.
Britain Not Heading Towards Socialism Anytime Soon
Jon Bigger muses on the outcome of the local elections and what it means for the Corbyn project.
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Lament for a lost revolution
A century since the General Strike of 1926 ~ punkacademic ~ In the opening week of May 1926, Britain had its first, last, and only General Strike.
