The Tories introduced the 50% strike ballot threshold to make industrial action harder. MATT WRACK argues that a Labour government has no justification for leaving it on the statute book
Latest editorial
Support for Driscoll as an independent shows socialism is still alive and well
The current consensual party politics is ripe for smashing, but how can we go about it? CHELLEY RYAN has some ideas
Mayor of North of Tyne, Jamie Driscoll
In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs
The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
Despite the screeching from the right-wing media, Burnham’s speech chimed with the public mood - and socialists should take advantage, says Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO
Scotland's Labour leader cannot continue to evade responsibility for the party's decline, argues LAUREN HARPER
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
WHEN Jamie Driscoll was unjustly blocked by Stalin’s — sorry, I mean Starmer’s — Labour Party from the North East mayoralty, he could have shrugged his shoulders and walked away.
Thankfully, he hasn’t. He’s resigned from the Labour Party and put himself forward as an independent candidate on one condition — he raises £25,000 by the end of August. That was Driscoll’s way of putting his finger on the pulse of public opinion.
The premise was simple; if the public wanted him to stand, that target would be met. If they didn’t, it would fall short and that would be that.
Similar stories
Durham Miners’ Association general secretary ALAN MARDGHUM speaks to Ben Chacko about the PM-in-waiting, the threat of Reform and the radical change of direction this country needs
JAMIE DRISCOLL’s group, Majority, with an inclusive approach and supportive training, aims to sidestep many of the problems afflicting Britain’s progressive movement
Now at 115,000 members and in some polls level with Labour in terms of public support, CHRIS JARVIS looks at the factors behind the rapid rise of the Greens, internal and external
ANYA COOK reports from a Majority conference in Newcastle last weekend featuring Jamie Driscoll and Zarah Sultana