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By Dave Warren, Swansea As expected, Labour suffered a crushing defeat at the election for the Senedd (Welsh Parliament) on 7 May. Labour won just nine seats out of 96 in a newly extended Senedd, down from 30 seats out of 60 previously. The First Minister, Eluned Morgan lost her seat and has resigned as Labour leader in Wales. It ...

We need spending on welfare not warfare Make the super-rich pay not disabled people Since taking office, Keir Starmer’s Labour government have kept the Tory two-child benefit cap and reduced eligibility for the winter fuel allowance. WASPI women were denied pension compensation. Starmer says he wants to “redesign the state”, this means massive cuts to public spending with the worst ...

Editorial of the Socialist issue 1312 Under Donald Trump’s brutish ‘America First’ presidency, US imperialism’s ruthless determination to defend its own interests is no longer disguised by diplomatic fig leaves. Instead, naked self-interest is the order of the day. That was demonstrated to the world at the jaw-dropping Oval Office press conference where Trump and vice-president JD Vance gave Ukrainian president ...

The resignation of Plaid Cymru leader, Adam Price, in response to a damning report of misogyny and sexual harassment has revealed a new crisis in the party. The Prosiect Pawb report by Nerys Evans paints a repulsive picture of harassment, bullying and gender-based discrimination in Plaid that was unchallenged and allowed to fester for years, even before Price became party ...

By NEU Cymru members NEU Cymru has called off strike action on March 15th/16th after a revised offer was received from the Welsh government. But many NEU Cymru members are unhappy with the new offer and the cancellation of industrial action yet again by the union leadership. This is the response of Socialist Party members of NEU Cymru: “The solid ...

Editorial of the Socialist, issue 1193 Never before has a prime minister taken office with as little support as Liz Truss. Her only achievement is being less unpopular than Rishi Sunak with the tiny electorate of the Tory party membership.  For most of the population the question of which of the gruesome twosome won the Tory leadership is a second ...

Editorial of the Socialist issue 1190 As more rail and other strikes take place, Tory Transport Secretary Grant Shapps and would-be Tory prime ministers Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are threatening even more anti-union laws. On the campaign trail to the electorate of just 160,000 Conservative Party members, the candidates are trying to outdo each other in championing further restrictions ...

Save Jobs, Nationalise P&O Ferries! By Dave Reid P&O Ferries, owned by Dubai-based DP World have sacked 800 workers in a pre-recorded message on zoom. The bosses turned up with agency workers to replace them backed up by security guards ready to handcuff workers who refused to leave the ships. Workers responded by occupying some of the ferries and are ...

By Gareth Bromhall, Swansea Socialist Party and Lynne, branch secretary, Swansea Unite Community branch We were saddened to hear of the loss of long-standing Socialist Party member Kate Jones on 20 December. Most recently a member in Swansea, Kate was previously a member in Brighton and Llanelli. A lifelong Marxist, Kate became politically active in her teens and joined Militant, ...

Trades Councils in Wales again played an important role pushing a fighting agenda forward for the trade union movement, with Socialist Party members prominent moving and seconding the key motions on the most important issues. Opposition to plans by the Wales TUC bureaucracy to reduce trade unions in Wales to mere cheerleaders of the newly elected Welsh Labour Government is ...