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LABOUR legend Dennis Skinner has brushed aside Tony Blair’s dire election predictions and exhorted the party to ape the “audacious” socialist vision of its 1945 pioneers to beat the Tories.
In a new year’s rallying call, the stalwart socialist MP said that Ed Miliband could lead Labour to a majority in May that would rank alongside the historic victory achieved by Clement Attlee.
But the Beast of Bolsover made it clear that Labour would not recreate the spirit of ’45 without offering popular left-wing policies.
The summer of 1950 saw Labour abandon further nationalisation while escalating Korean War spending from £2.3m to £4.7m, as the government meekly accepted capitalism’s licence and became Washington’s yes-man, writes JOHN ELLISON
Durham Miners’ Association general secretary ALAN MARDGHUM speaks to Ben Chacko ahead of Gala Day 2025
The historic heartland of anti-fascist resistance and mining militancy now faces a new battle — stopping Nigel Farage. ANDREW MURRAY meets ex-Labour MP Beth Winter and former Plaid leader Leanne Wood, the two socialists leading the resistance