As a result of Burnham’s statement last night (29th of September) that “he wants to re- join the European Union”, I take the view that he would be a disaster for the Labour Party and he is as shortsighted as as Starmer and Corbyn who also wanted to re-join the EU.
Our manifesto was and is clear (page 7). Withdrawal from the EU and Nato should allow the UK to develop and expand links with nations in Asia, Africa, South Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, including Cuba, and Venezuela who have endured over 50 years of economic blockade and sanctions because of the United States fear of Socialism.
If Jeremy Corbyn really wants a change he should join the Socialist Labour Party first founder by James Connolly in 1903 and re- founded in 1996 with a promise to restore Clause IV as the heart of of a Party who stand for the will of the people.
I thought that Andy Burnham would be far better than Keir Starmer as leader of the Labour Party based on the views of members of the Labour Party, a view which Andy Burnham stated last night that he wants the United Kingdom to re-join the European Union, a view which Tony Benn and I campaigned for years to leave this Capitalist entity that introduced VAT a tax which has crippled the UK
The central policy of the Socialist Labour Party was and is to leave the EU and which in 2016 became the will of the people.
Arthur Scargill
President of the NUM 1982-2001