Middlesex University Boardroom Occupied & Demonstration against HE cuts
From The Commune / Save Middlesex Philosophy
Report from the occupation at Middlesex University
TMP Spotlight on Ben Stevenson Communist Candidate for Croydon North
Ben Stevenson of the Communist Party of Britain spoke with TMP about why he is standing to become the next member of Parliament for the Croydon North constituency. We invite and welcome his competitors also to respond.
TMP: What are your top 2 priorities for your constituency of Croydon North?
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Progressive London = Left Unity?
This is a guest post by a young labour party activist.
The Left, broadly defined, has become quite fractious and
fissiparous. There are left-wingers in Labour, in the Lib-Dems, in the Greens, in Marxist groups and in no party at all.
The Progressive London Conference aimed to gather together speakers from the capital’s left. As an attendee, I found some of the sessions interesting and some of the speakers good. Others, however, notably Harriet Harman, fell flat. People were not happy with the government’s record and with its rhetoric. As Deputy Leader of the Labour Party she failed to inspire people with confidence in the leadership or with optimism that the government was going to move leftwards.
Although all wanted to see a Conservative defeat, many of those present did not want a Labour victory. The Lib-Dems and Greens present would obviously rather people voted for them rather than Labour. Unless left-wing voters unite behind the strongest anti-Tory candidate in every seat, the Tories will benefit from the splits on the centre-left.
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Osborne and Laws sharpen their axes: the Con-Dem Nation Economy
So two weeks in, Osborne is able to keep his pledge on making £6,000,000,000 of cuts this year. Well what he has announced proves that he is actually making £5,700,000,000, as he is “redirecting” £500 million, which means he is £300 million pounds short of his pledge.
Whilst the city and business leaders have applauded the “fair but painful” cuts, they note that it will not affect most of the city. Yes some small business will feel the pain particular government contractors and businesses in the IT sector but the Markets and Richard Lambert, head of the Confederation of British Industry could barely contain his joy as taxes will not be raised on the rich, which was the real fear.
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