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NI general election: Pacts and polarisation
In Britain, the Brexit crisis will be a key issue in the general election. However, there will also…
Southern establishment parties offer no alternative for the North
There is an urgent need for a genuinely cross-community, left-wing labour force in Northern Ireland. The surge in membership of the British Labour Party locally in response to Jeremy Corbyn's leadership shows the potential such a party could have if the trade union movement swung its weight behind the project. However, to break through the sectarian morass, a labour alternative here will need to be both anti-sectarian and also adopt left and anti-austerity policies, rather than the failed politics of Blairism or the Irish Labour Party.
SDLP: Scrounging Desperately for Landlords Party
Rent controls needed to stop racketeering landlords The SDLP has come under attack for fielding the head of…
SDLP Conference rejects ban on fracking
By Donal O’Cofaigh, Ban Fracking Fermanagh The recent exposure of the fact that the SDLP party membership voted…