Millions will rejoice when the Tories are finally booted out of office.
But Keir Starmer’s Labour has promised to continue Tory spending cuts, refused to grant striking workers with the inflation-busting pay rises they need, and Starmer’s awful position on Gaza has been no different to the Tories.
A Starmer-led government will act on behalf of the capitalist class.
The workers’ movement would be in a much stronger position if it had it its own mass party. The Socialist Party, part of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC), is campaigning for the strongest possible list workers’ candidates for the local elections in May and the general election, as a step towards this.
In issue 1256 of the Socialist newspaper a number of articles detail the need for such an alternative and steps being made already to prepare one:
- Tories out! build the working-class fightback
- What is the point of Welsh Labour if it passes on UK Tory cuts?
- Southampton – community in Bevois ready to support one of their own as TUSC candidate
- Brighton and Hove – councillors have a choice
- 2024: A General Election beckons – prepare now for struggle under a new Labour government
