Paul Kershaw
@paulsocialist.bsky.social
Socialist, trade unionist, housing camapigner and Chair of Unite housing workers branch.
Many members will now want a debate within the union about Unite’s political strategy, with nothing off the table. In every union, especially those affiliated to Labour, this is now a live discussion.
www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/140...
www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/140...
Unite: Labour attack on bin workers opens up debate on union’s political strategy - Socialist Party
Workers are looking for an industrial and political lead as the second year of Starmer’s New Labour Mark 2 government begins.
www.socialistparty.org.uk
July 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Many members will now want a debate within the union about Unite’s political strategy, with nothing off the table. In every union, especially those affiliated to Labour, this is now a live discussion.
www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/140...
www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/140...
Tory appointed commissioners raming through #Fireandrehire and supported by Angela Rayner and Labour councillors. Join the discussion on unions and building a new workers party on Monday, 21st July, at 6:30pm www.tusc.org.uk/21767/07-07-...
July 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Tory appointed commissioners raming through #Fireandrehire and supported by Angela Rayner and Labour councillors. Join the discussion on unions and building a new workers party on Monday, 21st July, at 6:30pm www.tusc.org.uk/21767/07-07-...
Zarah Sultana MP leaves Labour and announces ‘co-founding a new party’ Socialist Party statement is worth reading: www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/140...
July 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Zarah Sultana MP leaves Labour and announces ‘co-founding a new party’ Socialist Party statement is worth reading: www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/140...
'Diane Abbott: an unfinished memoir' my review attempts to map her real strengths - but also gaps and weaknesses. The need to build a mass pro worker, anti war party is pressing these are not just historical questions! Socialism Today article here: socialismtoday.org/diane-abbott...
Diane Abbott: an unfinished memoir – Socialism Today
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July 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
'Diane Abbott: an unfinished memoir' my review attempts to map her real strengths - but also gaps and weaknesses. The need to build a mass pro worker, anti war party is pressing these are not just historical questions! Socialism Today article here: socialismtoday.org/diane-abbott...
UK household disposable income fell at its fastest rate in two years in the first quarter - the #costoflivingcrisis continues. The FT report has more background but fails to draw key conclusions: join a union get organised! www.ft.com/content/08a1...
June 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
UK household disposable income fell at its fastest rate in two years in the first quarter - the #costoflivingcrisis continues. The FT report has more background but fails to draw key conclusions: join a union get organised! www.ft.com/content/08a1...
"annexation, ethnic cleansing, and normalisation of the occupation and brutal oppression of the Palestinians"
well worth a read. www.socialistworld.net/2025/06/29/i...
well worth a read. www.socialistworld.net/2025/06/29/i...
Israel–Iran ceasefire: Superficial "victory" projected by Israeli government as bloodbath in Gaza goes on |
The ceasefire in the Israel–Iran war has brought after twelve days an end, for now, to the aerial bombing offensive that killed hundreds of Iranian civilians, as well as to the counter-offensive in wh...
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June 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
"annexation, ethnic cleansing, and normalisation of the occupation and brutal oppression of the Palestinians"
well worth a read. www.socialistworld.net/2025/06/29/i...
well worth a read. www.socialistworld.net/2025/06/29/i...
Good to discuss lessons of the campaign against the Tory housing act (ten years ago now) yesterday. Jeremy Corbyn @shacaction.bsky.social and others contributed to the discussion. The campaign was important for us in the Unite housing workers branch. See: www.housingworkers.org.uk/readnews.htm...
June 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Good to discuss lessons of the campaign against the Tory housing act (ten years ago now) yesterday. Jeremy Corbyn @shacaction.bsky.social and others contributed to the discussion. The campaign was important for us in the Unite housing workers branch. See: www.housingworkers.org.uk/readnews.htm...
"the anniversary of the 2024 general election approaches, support is growing for the call made by trade unionists for steps to be taken now in the unions to establish a new political voice for working class people" Urgent action needed! Read more: www.tusc.org.uk/21745/27-06-...
Support grows for the ‘trade unionists for a new party’ petition - TUSC
As the anniversary of the 2024 general election approaches, support is growing for the call made by trade unionists for steps to be taken now in the unions to establish a new political voice for worki...
www.tusc.org.uk
June 29, 2025 at 10:04 AM
"the anniversary of the 2024 general election approaches, support is growing for the call made by trade unionists for steps to be taken now in the unions to establish a new political voice for working class people" Urgent action needed! Read more: www.tusc.org.uk/21745/27-06-...
“Just 4.8% of respondents blamed the striking bin workers and their union.” Solidarity to the Birmingham bin workers www.lbc.co.uk/news/exclusi...
Birmingham backs bin workers more than 100 days into all-out strike action, finds LBC poll
More than 100 days into all-out action in the long-running row over pay cuts, LBC has asked more than 100 Brummies who they hold responsible.
www.lbc.co.uk
June 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
“Just 4.8% of respondents blamed the striking bin workers and their union.” Solidarity to the Birmingham bin workers www.lbc.co.uk/news/exclusi...
Absolutely in line with Unite policy. As a union we should make clear that support for benefit cuts is not compatable with being in the Unite Parliamentary group. But @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social
and others should be in the group. @unitesharon.bsky.social
@unitetheunion.bsky.social
and others should be in the group. @unitesharon.bsky.social
@unitetheunion.bsky.social
We have tabled the following amendment to the Government's disability cuts Bill.
MPs should think long and hard about the dreadful consequences these cuts will have. Rest assured, we will keep campaigning for the rights of disabled people to live in dignity.
MPs should think long and hard about the dreadful consequences these cuts will have. Rest assured, we will keep campaigning for the rights of disabled people to live in dignity.
June 20, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Absolutely in line with Unite policy. As a union we should make clear that support for benefit cuts is not compatable with being in the Unite Parliamentary group. But @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social
and others should be in the group. @unitesharon.bsky.social
@unitetheunion.bsky.social
and others should be in the group. @unitesharon.bsky.social
@unitetheunion.bsky.social
Prices 35.7% higher than 2021
RPI inflation has increased to 4.3%, its highest level in more than a year. Read more including Unite facts and figures breifing here: www.housingworkers.org.uk/readnews.htm...
RPI inflation has increased to 4.3%, its highest level in more than a year. Read more including Unite facts and figures breifing here: www.housingworkers.org.uk/readnews.htm...
June 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Prices 35.7% higher than 2021
RPI inflation has increased to 4.3%, its highest level in more than a year. Read more including Unite facts and figures breifing here: www.housingworkers.org.uk/readnews.htm...
RPI inflation has increased to 4.3%, its highest level in more than a year. Read more including Unite facts and figures breifing here: www.housingworkers.org.uk/readnews.htm...
"That £39 billion is not going to address the housing crisis, bring down house prices or sky-high rents" The IFS show that annual grant wont rise until the next Parliament but then much will go the the likes of (un) affordable rent and shared ownership
www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/139...
www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/139...
Call it austerity or not, it’s cuts for us and money for the bosses - Socialist Party
What should workers make of Labour’s 11 June Spending Review, this government’s third ‘fiscal event’ in its less than year-long life?
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June 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
"That £39 billion is not going to address the housing crisis, bring down house prices or sky-high rents" The IFS show that annual grant wont rise until the next Parliament but then much will go the the likes of (un) affordable rent and shared ownership
www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/139...
www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/139...
"almost everyone at the protest signed the petition ‘Time for trade unions to take the lead in building a new working-class party’ showing how this group of fighting workers isn’t only angry but recognises the need for its own voice" www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/139...
Unite demands council funding - Socialist Party
Unite the Union organised a protest outside parliament on 16 June as part of its Fair Funding Now campaign for local government. Council workers from across the UK attended, including a double-decker ...
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June 18, 2025 at 10:59 AM
"almost everyone at the protest signed the petition ‘Time for trade unions to take the lead in building a new working-class party’ showing how this group of fighting workers isn’t only angry but recognises the need for its own voice" www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/139...
Bakers union president Ian Hodson explained Labour austerity is leaving the door open for the likes of Reform by stoking division among the working class. He said: “We must start to organise a political party and a party of our own”.
www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/139...
www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/139...
Bakers’ union delegates discuss fighting Labour’s austerity - Socialist Party
Just under a year since the election of the Starmer government and delegates at the Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) conference were still waiting to see change.
www.socialistparty.org.uk
June 18, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Bakers union president Ian Hodson explained Labour austerity is leaving the door open for the likes of Reform by stoking division among the working class. He said: “We must start to organise a political party and a party of our own”.
www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/139...
www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/139...
Spending review means more austerity - housing plans not so 'transformational' as claimed. See: www.housingworkers.org.uk/readnews.htm...
Housing Workers
www.housingworkers.org.uk
June 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Spending review means more austerity - housing plans not so 'transformational' as claimed. See: www.housingworkers.org.uk/readnews.htm...
"Only 6% of homes approved by local councils between July and December 2024 were for social rent. Half of councils.. had not approved a single council house in the first six months of Starmer’s government" www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/139...
We need council houses now! - Socialist Party
Despite being elected on promises to address the housing crisis, Starmer’s Labour has made little progress in delivering council housing
www.socialistparty.org.uk
June 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
"Only 6% of homes approved by local councils between July and December 2024 were for social rent. Half of councils.. had not approved a single council house in the first six months of Starmer’s government" www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/139...
Good statement from Irish socialists on need for indeoendent workers position to respond to racist violence.
militant-left.org/militant-lef...
militant-left.org/militant-lef...
Statement on Ballymena anti-immigrant riots - Militant Left
Statement on Ballymena anti-immigrant riots
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June 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Good statement from Irish socialists on need for indeoendent workers position to respond to racist violence.
militant-left.org/militant-lef...
militant-left.org/militant-lef...
Akram Mohamed died at four months old in a damp mould-ridden housing association flat in #Camden. His parents spoke to demonstrators outside Notting Hill Genesis office NHG residents should contact @shacaction.bsky.social
to get involved in future campaigns www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/139...
to get involved in future campaigns www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/139...
Housing – baby's death sparks protest - Socialist Party
Paul Kershaw, Unite the Union housing workers branch chair Akram Mohamed died at four months old in a damp mould-ridden housing association flat. His parents spoke to demonstrators outside Notting Hil...
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June 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Akram Mohamed died at four months old in a damp mould-ridden housing association flat in #Camden. His parents spoke to demonstrators outside Notting Hill Genesis office NHG residents should contact @shacaction.bsky.social
to get involved in future campaigns www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/139...
to get involved in future campaigns www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/139...
"Labour’s membership is falling... From over half a million members when anti-austerity Jeremy Corbyn was leader to now only 309,000. Between the end of November last year and the start of February, the Labour Party lost a member every ten minutes!" www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/139...
Labour membership figures an embarrassment - Socialist Party
Figures in the press have shown that Labour’s membership is falling, and falling rapidly.
www.socialistparty.org.uk
June 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
"Labour’s membership is falling... From over half a million members when anti-austerity Jeremy Corbyn was leader to now only 309,000. Between the end of November last year and the start of February, the Labour Party lost a member every ten minutes!" www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/139...
Birmingham bin workers vote to continue strike - bin strike could last until December as workers vote for further industrial action.
Read more: www.housingworkers.org.uk/readnews.htm...
Read more: www.housingworkers.org.uk/readnews.htm...
June 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Birmingham bin workers vote to continue strike - bin strike could last until December as workers vote for further industrial action.
Read more: www.housingworkers.org.uk/readnews.htm...
Read more: www.housingworkers.org.uk/readnews.htm...
Onay Kasab of @unitetheunion.bsky.social
is right we need industrial action to save Birmingham bin workers, local government services & to rebuild services. Details: www.housingworkers.org.uk/readevents.h...
is right we need industrial action to save Birmingham bin workers, local government services & to rebuild services. Details: www.housingworkers.org.uk/readevents.h...
June 5, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Onay Kasab of @unitetheunion.bsky.social
is right we need industrial action to save Birmingham bin workers, local government services & to rebuild services. Details: www.housingworkers.org.uk/readevents.h...
is right we need industrial action to save Birmingham bin workers, local government services & to rebuild services. Details: www.housingworkers.org.uk/readevents.h...
"It’s clear this dispute is being used as a testbed for further cuts to be carried out by Labour councils and the govt Unite should appeal to other unions to join them in a mass demonstration – as a step towards joining them in a mass strike" #Birmingham
www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/139...
www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/139...
Labour uses court injunction against Brum bin strikers - Socialist Party
The High Court approved an injunction brought by Birmingham council against the workers, who face pay cuts of thousands of pounds a year.
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June 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"It’s clear this dispute is being used as a testbed for further cuts to be carried out by Labour councils and the govt Unite should appeal to other unions to join them in a mass demonstration – as a step towards joining them in a mass strike" #Birmingham
www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/139...
www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/139...
The family of 15-week-old baby Akram Mohammed, who died after living in a damp, mould-ridden housing association flat.. owned by Notting Hill Genesis (NHG) housing association, had been made My article in The Socialist: www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/139...
June 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The family of 15-week-old baby Akram Mohammed, who died after living in a damp, mould-ridden housing association flat.. owned by Notting Hill Genesis (NHG) housing association, had been made My article in The Socialist: www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/139...
Time for trade unions to take the lead in forming a new working class party
www.change.org/p/time-for-t...
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May 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Time for trade unions to take the lead in forming a new working class party
www.change.org/p/time-for-t...
www.change.org/p/time-for-t...
Birmingham's Labour council backed by Labour govt seeking to enforce pay cuts of up to £80000 / year.
www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...
www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...
Council granted interim injunction over pickets in strike by bin workers
Members of Unite have been on all-out strike since March 11 in a row over pay and jobs in Birmingham.
www.independent.co.uk
May 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Birmingham's Labour council backed by Labour govt seeking to enforce pay cuts of up to £80000 / year.
www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...
www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...