
The Socialist 12 May 2010
MPs and party leaders haggle over their jobs... preparing to cut ours!
MPs and party leaders haggling over their jobs... preparing to cut ours!
Support the British Airways strikers
Greece: the struggle must continue and intensify
Fight the repression of workers in Kazakhstan
General election 2010: TUSC results and the need for working class representation
Coventry elections: Strong socialist support
Lewisham elections: socialists will be at forefront of struggle
Huddersfield elections: Forging a socialist campaigning tradition
Anti-Tory mood dominated in Stoke during 2010 election
Spelthorne campaign during the 2010 general election
Swansea: Potential new members
Scotland: Meetings show enthusiasm for socialism
Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition (TUSC) general election results
Obituary - Peter Hadden, 1950 - 2010
Gulf of Mexico disaster: nationalise the oil giants
Ex-Jarvis workers protest in Leeds
National Shop Stewards Network conference
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Swansea: Potential new members
As expected, our Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition result in Swansea West followed a national pattern of being squeezed by the main parties.
Labour hung onto the seat with a tiny majority of just 504 votes over the Lib Dems. The Green and a centre left 'independent' candidate also picked up a few hundred votes each. The BNP, using its national media profile, secured 910 votes and more disturbingly, retained their deposit in neighbouring Swansea East, highlighting the vital need for a new mass workers' party to act as an alternative to their racist and divisive agenda.
Rob Williams' 179 votes obviously didn't reflect the excellent election campaign over the past month which has boosted the profile of TUSC and the Socialist Party. With thousands of leaflets hand-delivered by our large and enthusiastic campaign team we now have several potential new members. Our objective was to put a marker down for the future, highlight our socialist alternative and expose the similarities of the main parties, all of which were achieved.
Swansea Socialist Party
In this issue
MPs and party leaders haggling over their jobs... preparing to cut ours!
British Airways strike
Support the British Airways strikers
International socialist news and analysis
Greece: the struggle must continue and intensify
Fight the repression of workers in Kazakhstan
Socialist Party election campaign
General election 2010: TUSC results and the need for working class representation
Coventry elections: Strong socialist support
Lewisham elections: socialists will be at forefront of struggle
Huddersfield elections: Forging a socialist campaigning tradition
Anti-Tory mood dominated in Stoke during 2010 election
Spelthorne campaign during the 2010 general election
Swansea: Potential new members
Scotland: Meetings show enthusiasm for socialism
Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition (TUSC) general election results
Socialist Party Marxist analysis
Obituary
Obituary - Peter Hadden, 1950 - 2010
Environment and socialism
Gulf of Mexico disaster: nationalise the oil giants
Workplace news and analysis
Ex-Jarvis workers protest in Leeds
National Shop Stewards Network conference
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Swansea & West Wales: A socialist solution for a world in crisis
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"It's not fair" - lockdown students demand free education
Cardiff East Socialist Party: Saving the music industry from pandemic and austerity
Cardiff West Socialist Party: Saving the music industry from pandemic and austerity
Bristol North Socialist Party: Socialist feminism
Bristol North Socialist Party: Why does capitalism keep failing?
Bristol North Socialist Party: Why support TUSC?
Bristol North Socialist Party: The impact of the 1871 Paris Commune
Bristol North Socialist Party: The National Question - Scotland, Wales & N Ireland
May elections: Tories and Labour's Khan both vying to slash public services
TUSC to hold local elections conference in February
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition: