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‘Political earthquake’ in Britain as Reform UK wins local elections

By Sam Casey Reform UK swept the recent local elections in England, beating out the Labour Party and the Tories in a result that signals a major political realignment that is taking place. Nigel Farage’s party won 31% of the vote compared

May 9, 2025

News & Analysis·The North·Uncategorized·World News

Tories crushed while Labour gets “loveless landslide” – build a working class struggle for real, socialist change

By Ann Katrin Orr The hated Tory government was kicked out of power on Thursday. There was much satisfaction in watching some of the people, who for 14 years have presided over ever worsening crises for ordinary people, and who partied while

Jul 7, 2024

New Cold War: Irish military neutrality in the crosshairs

By Martina Stafford Since Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the mainstream media in Ireland has been flooded with articles about the need to “reevaluate Ireland’s neutrality”. The capitalist establishment here has its sights set on entering military alliances and

Jun 5, 2023

Are the Social Democrats a left alternative to the system?

By Conor Payne The Social Democrats were one of the forces to benefit from the mood for change on February 8, successfully getting six TDs elected up from two in the outgoing Dáil. Their campaign focused on the need for public housing

Feb 24, 2020

Elections·Featured Articles

General Election 2020: Historic result — now how can real change be delivered?

Socialist Party statement on General Election 2020 & what now General Election 2020 was historic. It was only the second time that the combined vote of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael went below 50%. 2016 was the first, when it dipped just

Feb 11, 2020

Government of landlords and super-rich must go

By Kevin McLoughlin “Leo channels his inner Bertie with ‘a lot done, more to do’ ploy.” That was a recent headline on an article from the Irish Independent and it sums up the recent antics of Leo Varadkar – making false claims

Jan 12, 2020

Vicious Tories win with lies – but mass struggle looms on the horizon

The Conservative victory at the general election is a major setback for the working class and youth of Britain. The bumbling bigot Johnson will whip up prejudice and launch further attacks on our services, livelihoods and environment. This will meet with resistance

Dec 17, 2019

British elections – Final countdown

By Claire Laker Mansfield, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in England, Wales and Scotland) The final countdown has begun. With less than a week left of election campaigning, Corbyn and Johnson took part in the final televised head-to-head on 6 December. The

Dec 9, 2019

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O’Devaney Gardens Sell Out by the Greens, Soc Dems and Labour

By Dan O’Rourke The ruling administration of Dublin City Council, composed of Fianna Fáil, Green Party, Social Democrats and Labour, have picked up from where the previous Sinn Féin led administration left off. They’ve agreed to the privatisation of council owned land,

Nov 13, 2019

British elections: Fight for a Corbyn-led Labour government!

Build a mass movement to win- Organise to fight for socialism December’s general election has the potential to mark an historic turning point. It is an opportunity to build a mass movement to demand a society that works for the millions. It’s

Nov 4, 2019

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