The Socialist 18 November 2020

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Tory crisis cannot be 'reset' - workers need a new mass party

Tories in turmoil... 'Reset' the whole system! Fight for socialism

Croydon Council declares bankruptcy - no cuts in Croydon or any other council

System failing thousands of children in care

Race disparity gets worse - fight to improve living standards for all

Covid, vaccines, 'big pharma' - and the need for socialism

Tories student 'evacuation' plan will not work

Wales exams scrapped: What's behind the headline?

Campaign for school Covid safety must continue

Women workers need strong trade unions to defend their jobs, pay and services

Optare: Right to strike defended

Overcrowded Little Ilford School strikes against more expansion

Strike action ballot at UEL over job cuts

Hackney council parking services brought in-house

After Corbyn: TUSC and the fight for working-class political representation

How will Socialism 2020 work?

Manchester student occupation - end rip-off rent, free education now

#SpyCops inquiry - Revealing police violence against Socialists

Selling the Socialist

Stop Leicester hospital closure

Young Socialists organising for our future

Obituary: Paul Chettle

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Tories in turmoil... 'Reset' the whole system! Fight for socialism

Boris Johnson Estonian presidency/CC (Click to enlarge)

Elaine Brunskill, South Tyne and Wear Socialist Party

Who needs Game of Thrones when you have the unfolding events in Johnson's government?

Against the backdrop of the pandemic and Brexit, we have images of Johnson's senior adviser Dominic Cummings walking out the front door of Downing Street.

When, almost a year ago, Boris, with Cummings by his side, won a landslide general election many thought both were invincible.

Certainly, back in May, after a backlash against Cummings' road trip to Barnard Castle, many were incredulous that he survived his rose garden interview.

Sometimes it can take time for events to unfold. We are now seeing the unravelling of Johnson's government.

Cummings has gone, Boris is no longer looking invincible and a post-Cummings government 'reset' will not resolve their problems, even with the prospect of a Covid vaccine. Covid and Brexit are exaggerating all the fault lines, not just in the Tory government, but also in their rotten capitalist system.

As always, it is the working class who will be hardest hit, while the super-rich rake in mega-profits.

A growing number of workers and young people are drawing the conclusion that capitalism can no longer offer them an even half-decent future. We need a 'reset' of the whole system. We need to fight for socialism.

So don't just get angry, get organised! Join the socialists and fight for a new mass workers' party that represents our interests, not those of big business and the rich as the Tories and now Starmer's Labour Party do.