Pensions is a key issue in the forthcoming General Election. The Solent branch of the Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) campaign is pressing for fair transitional arrangements for women born in the 1950s who have been hit by [… read more ]
Want to stop the Tories from winning yet again in Portsmouth? Writer, historian and S&C regular Matt Wingett argues that tactical voting is the only realistic option. This year’s General Election looks set to bring [… read more ]
S&C Contributing Editor, Maddie Wallace, reports on the impact of austerity on mental health services in Portsmouth and across the country. In 2012, amidst much media fanfare, David Cameron set out his vision for ‘Parity [… read more ]
In the wake of Jeremy Corbyn’s re-election, reactionary members of the Labour Party are pondering their next move. Sir Eugene Nicks, Policy Advisor to the All-Portsea Conservative, Regressive and Imperial Association (established 1799), has a [… read more ]
S&C Contributing Editor and Portsmouth Momentum member Maddie Wallace digs beneath the media smears to find out what Portsmouth Momentum is, why it angers establishment Labourites and its role in local campaigns against austerity, racism [… read more ]
Our contributing editor Maddie Wallace investigates the local consequences of the biggest crisis in the Labour Party since the formation of the SDP in 1981. As even people living in steel bubbles on Mars will [… read more ]
Our guest satirist Claire Denise Udy reports on a little-known local election story. Portsmouth Guildhall have postponed all events for another night as Gerald Vernon Jackson demands recount after recount. Residents of Portsmouth have spoken [… read more ]
On Thursday each of the city’s 14 wards have one seat up for election, so there’s something for everyone to play for, more or less. Sarah Cheverton looked at last year’s election results to find [… read more ]
I am writing to seek your advice about the upcoming council elections. I am a proud socialist and one of the 251,417 people who voted you in as leader of the Labour Party last August. [… read more ]
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