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Britain: Socialist Party successes in English local elections
David Nellist, 1417, 52.8%
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Britain: English local elections – What do the results mean?
“SO MUCH has been transferred to the national level, and so much of the financial control is retained there, that being asked to vote in a local election is like being asked to select which […]
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Britain: BNP exploit disillusionment in Burnley
“THIS IS a disaster” – that was Burnley Labour leader Stuart Caddy’s response to the BNP winning three council seats in Burnley. That feeling is echoed throughout the country.
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Britain: Socialist Party increases vote in English local elections
Local authority elections took place in most parts of England on 2 May. We contested 30 seats. In general our votes increased [see table below]. By comparison, we received more than double the average Socialist […]
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Britain: Justice for May Day detainees
DURING PEACEFUL protests last year on May Day in London, the Metropolitan police at Oxford Circus penned thousands of people in, for several hours. Two of those held are to sue the police for wrongful […]
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Britain: England and Wales Socialist Alliance
On Saturday December 1, 2001 the Socialist Alliance (SA) held a national conference to agree a new constitution. The SA was founded by ourselves and others in the mid 90s with the aim of bringing […]
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Afghanistan: Anti war protests – Britain
OVER 5,000 joined CND’s protest against Bush and Blair’s war plans outside Downing Street on 22 September.
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Britain: War fuels racist attacks
One after-effect of the World Trade Centre attack has been an increase in racism and racist attacks. One Afghan taxi driver, who came to Britain to escape persecution in Afghanistan, was paralysed from the neck […]