Build The Socialist Alternative
MORE OUT of touch and more inflexible than Margaret Thatcher. That’s
the verdict of the majority of people in this country about Tony Blair.
Voters
are abandoning New Labour in their millions. And no wonder. 71% of the
population want the troops withdrawn from Iraq. But as usual, Blair isn’t
listening. 15,000 civilians have been slaughtered, over a thousand
occupying troops killed, hostages are being kidnapped and beheaded and
Blair’s friends, Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Allawi, say they are
pleased with the progress in Iraq!
In his conference speech, Blair said that he was on a
"mission" to create a Britain "for the many and not the
few". But after seven years in power, the gap between rich and poor
under New Labour has widened.
Blair talked about investing in public services at the same time as he
is axing the jobs of over 100,000 civil servants. How will sacking workers
who help the unemployed get jobs and poor pensioners and children get the
extra payments they need, benefit the many?
The overwhelming majority of voters support nationalisation of the
railways. Even New Labour’s own conference voted in favour of this. But
what does Blair care? His "mission" is to privatise everything,
welcoming big business to make a profit out of health, education and other
public services.
He says he wants "a fair deal at work". Tell that to the
Jaguar workers in Coventry who are being thrown on the scrapheap by
multinational profiteer Ford.
Working-class people need to set their own mission, one that’s possible
and necessary – to build a new workers’ party that can provide a socialist
alternative to Blair, New Labour and the profit system that’s wrecking our
lives.
