Colombia and South Africa as co-chairs, organised the Emergency Conference of The Hague Group, which involved the coming together of 30 states from Africa, Asia, Europe, as well as North America and South America. These nations resolved to to take firm action against the genocidal state of Israel, grounded in international law.
Read the official statement:
https://thehaguegroup.org/meetings-bogota-en
Author: Allistair Lomax
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Hague Group agree to Sanctions against Isreal
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Israel tries to tighten its grip on UK Media, leaked briefing reveals.
It is being reported on social media, and consequently ignored by the main stream media, that a civil servant has leaked a set of briefing notes prepared for the Culture Secretary, Lisa Nandy, for her meeting today (8-7-2025) with the Israeli Ambassador, Tzipi Hotovely, in which it is claimed that Nandy will tell Hotovely that the BBC is “institutionally antisemitic” and that “one mistake is an editing error but if you have multiple mistakes you need to look at the leadership”.
And it is further claimed that Nandy will also inform Hotovely that “Glastonbury continues to host acts with vile and inflammatory views”, and that further investigation is required.
This statement flies in the face of the many instances of criticism from external sources over the pro-Israeli bias in the BBC’s coverage of the genocide in Gaza, (which term ‘genocide’ it doggedly refuses to use). Criticism from inside the BBC came from a recent letter drafted by 100 BBC employees to director Tim Davie that accuses the BBC of bias against the Palestinian cause and said:
“All too often it has felt that the BBC has been performing PR for the Israeli government and military. This should be a cause of great shame and concern for everyone at the BBC…”
If this leaked briefing turns out to be true, this has profound and disturbing implications for democracy in the UK. The government is being told to spin a false narrative to its own people, at the behest of the genocidal State of Israel, and forcing the state broadcaster to do the same, in an attempt to suppress dissent.
What is truly shocking, is the extent to which a foreign power, a colonialist, oppressive power, has penetrated the workings of the UK government, to attempt to tighten its grip on our media, in order to silence the voices of opposition to Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people.
We are literally being forced by a Labour government to ‘reject the evidence of your eyes and ears’ in true Orwellian fashion.
We must resist it at all cost, keep control of the narrative and ensure that the truth is heard.
Allistair Lomax -
Socialist Labour Party was founded in 1996 using the name which James Connolly used in establishing the Socialist Labour Party in 1903.
Tony Benn, Jeremy Corbyn and Arthur Scargill warned the removal of Clause IV of the Labour Party’s constitution would be a disaster for the Labour Party which had been established in 1918 by Trade Unions and socialist parties primarily because it was based on a socialist policy which pledged to secure for all workers by hand and brain, the full fruits of their labour through the common ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange, and the best obtainable system of popular administration and control of each industry or service.
Following the removal of Clause IV in 1995, we witnessed the disintegration of a socialist party and the introduction of privatisation of Britain’s nationalised industries, such as its railway system, car industry, aircraft industry and coal mining industry, education, and its National Health Service, with its replacement of trusts which have allowed the outsourcing of vital areas of care, particularly for the disabled and aged.
Following the Referendum in 2016 the Labour Party – no longer socialist – voted with Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, SNP, Plaid Cymru, and the Green Party to stay in the European Union, whilst the Socialist Labour Party campaigned strongly to leave the European Union, particularly as people were making clear that they wanted to leave the EU, which was effectively determining the policies of the United Kingdom.
The Chairman of the Labour Party offered to resign because he knew the feelings, particularly in the North of England and regarded that as the will of the people.
In the General Election in 2017 the Labour Party published a manifesto which could have been written as a plan for business, despite the fact that many Labour Party members were telling the leadership, that they should accept the result of the Referendum in full, which if it had been accepted would have won the election.
The manifesto published by the Labour Party was a policy calling for a reversal of the 2016 Manifesto which called for a new Brexit referendum, a new customs union, and a new single market. This policy was warned by the deputy leader Tom Watson, who said, “Ambiguity” over the party’s Brexit Policy had cost it votes at the European election in May.Jeremy Corbyn said that Labour will negotiate a Brexit deal which will allow Britain to remain in a customs union and keep an alignment to the Single Market and Labour’s shadow Chancellor John McDonnell said remaking would the best thing for the UK – He said after the election that the “catastrophic election defeat is on me” an admission which is true.
When Jeremy Corbyn announced his resignation as leader in April 2020, I urged him not to do so and remember how many members had supported him and if he had to face an election, within the party for leader, the mass who supported him, would do so again, on the other hand, if he was so dissatisfied he should consider joining the Socialist Labour Party, whose constitution contains all the beliefs he and Tony Benn had always advocated.
If in 2025 he is considering establishing a new political party, it would be another disaster, on the other hand, if he intends to leave the Labour Party, then we invite him to become a member of the Socialist Labour Party, which was first launched in 1903 by the legendary James Connolly.Arthur Scargill
Jim McDaid
John Tyrrell
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Welfare not Warfare! By Kathrine Jones
Of the 336 MPs who voted for the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill, 333 were Labour MPs, only 49 Labour MPs voted against.
The Bill passed, subject to review. It has only been delayed in its full implementation. It should never have been voted for on any terms by the majority of Labour MPs. It will create a two-tier system; existing claimants getting access to PIP, but future claimants being denied.
This is a huge cut, similar to the 2017 cut of Child Tax Credit being limited to two children for each family. The health element of Universal Credit looks like being cut much soon.
People under 22 years of age were being focused on to be cut from this. Even before this Bill was passed welfare budget cuts were passed by Conservative governments from 2010.
The new Labour government continued the roll out of Universal Credit, which was always a cut of benefits. It abolishes separate benefits by phasing them out. Disabled people, of working age, depend on PIP as essential support. PIP is the gateway for getting more income under Universal Credit, as Pension Credit is for pensioners. Using one gateway to access essential support acts as a deliberate cut.
Many single State pensioners are caught by a rise of £s a week, it goes over the limit for Pension Credit; thousands of £s a year is lost to them. Couple State pensioners can not only lose Pension Credit, but Housing benefit and Council Tax Exemption too.
Before this Bill there was hardship, sometimes resulting in deaths. NATO expansion and the proxy war in Ukraine caused high energy bills.
At the recent NATO meeting Keir Starmer promised 5% of GDP on Defence by 2035. Twelve new F35 nuclear capable planes were bought from the USA, costing £1 billion. Hundreds of Storm Shadow long range Missiles have been sent to Ukraine, costing £2 million each. The new Trident nuclear weapons and Submarines will cost an estimated £205 billion.
We can afford welfare not warfare.
Welfare is being cut to finance the warfare.
The Socialist Labour Party has been campaigning for a peaceful future since before this century.
Join us!
Kathrine Jones, Vice President, Socialist Labour Party.
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Unite’s silent hypocrisy on Benefit Cuts
Our General Secretary, Chris Butler, comments on Unite the Union’s reluctance to call out Keir Starmer for cutting benefits while pledging to increase defence spending.
“I notice that Unite does not comment on the reason why Starmer wants to make savings in the cost of benefits.
It is so he can increase defence spending to 5% of [UK] GDP. Unite does not comment because they have workers in the Arms Industry building weapons to kill innocent women and children in Gaza, including parts for the F35 fighter planes used to blitz Gaza.
Unite also has members building Small Modular Reactors producing nuclear power.
I don’t think Unite supports Welfare not Warfare.”
Chris Butler 30-6-2025
(It is worth noting that the UK currently spends 2.3% of its GDP on defence, which in 2024 was around £64 billion. The proposal by Starmer to increase defence spending to 5% of GDP will mean by 2035, the UK will be spending £140 billion every year on defence.) -
Message to the RMT from Arthur Scargill on the war in Ukraine
I fully support RMT’s Statement which calls for an end to the supply of weapons to Ukraine.
I estimate that the UK have expended £25 billion in support of Ukraine who came to “power as a result of a coup d’etat” .
The people, organisations who staged the overthrow of elected government are the same elements as those in the West of Ukraine who fought with the Nazis in the second world war
Yours in Comradeship
Arthur Scargill
President NUM. 1982- 2001
President I.E.M.O 1996 -to date
30th of June, 2025
(The original message to the RMT via email was censored as “inappropriate”.)
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SLP Statement in support of the performers protest at Glastonbury
The Socialist Labour Party unequivocally express their support for performers at Glastonbury for their criticism of the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people by the Israeli government and Israeli Defence Force, along with those who continue to give them support while attempting to criminalise anyone who speaks out in protest.
Their failure to act to prevent the continuing violation of international law makes all concerned, party to these crimes against humanity and everything possible must be done to bring them to answer before the international courts charged with upholding the law.
Arthur Scargill
John Tyrrell
Allistair Lomax
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Terry Robinson wins Election as Trustee of the Mineworkers Pension Scheme
Congratulations to our SLP comrade Terry Robinson on winning the election as Pensioner Representive Trustee of the Minerworkers Pension Scheme, for the Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire Constituency.
Terry won the election by a convincing majority, obviously capturing the confidence of voters.
The election arose from the death of our dear comrade Ken Capstick, who was a personal friend of Terry’s.
