The British General Election and the perspectives for the Labour Party On 7th June, the people of Britain will go to the polls to elect the next government. According to all the polls Labour is set to gain a hefty majority over the Conservatives. The polls show that Labour is now leading the Tories by a massive 28 points. The personal rating of Tory leader William Hague is just 13 per cent.
Black Day for Blairism: comments on the local and London elections "Britain is already a different and better country..."Tony Blair at the Periodical Publishers Association, 9th May."I'm totally opposed to New Labour. They are not any different to the Thatcherites. I would like to see a return to the old values."George Fleetwood, 48, an engineer."I have a wife and two children to raise and I really thought in 1997 that we were heading for a bright new era. Tony Blair has failed to deliver. If anything, he is more of a Tory than many Tories."Brian Cox, 31, unemployed dockyard labourer.
The end of Lib-Labism In this article in our series on the history of the British Labour party, Barbara Humphries looks at the early years of Labour in parliament and how the development of the class struggle forced the leaders of the party to make the final break with Liberalism. (Originally published in Socialist Appeal, issue 48, February 1997).
