Communist Party of Britain general secretary Robert Griffiths and international secretary John Foster have today (December 26) released the following statement on the UK-EU Agreement on Trade and Cooperation: The UK-EU trade agreement is a compromise between the interests of … Continued
Britain’s Communists have sounded a sceptical note about the extension of post-Brexit trade talks between the British government and the EU. Addressing the party’s executive over the weekend, Alex Gordon said the continuing talks have ‘an air of confected theatre … Continued
Tony Conway launched a stinging all-round attack on the Tory government’s record at the Communist Party’s political committee on Wednesday evening. After welcoming the swift development and approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, he said it should it not divert … Continued
Ten years of austerity cuts instead of massive investment in public services and productive industry has hugely increased the human and financial toll of the Covid crisis. Now the economic recession which began early this year is going to bite … Continued
Britain’s Communists slammed the Tory government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic as an ‘incompetent and corrupt disaster’ at the weekend. ‘Millions of people are paying a heavy price for the government’s determination to put big business profits before public health, … Continued
The Communist Party has condemned Keir Starmer’s decision to refuse Jeremy Corbyn readmission to the Parliamentary Labour Party as ‘yet another attack on the left in the labour movement’. The CP political committee urged all socialists and trade unionists to … Continued
“Tory under-investment and privatisation have undermined our NHS, and led to one of the worst death rates in the world”, says Communist Party general secretary Robert Griffiths. “There should be no doubt anymore about who does the vital work upon … Continued
The suspension of Jeremy Corbyn from the Labour Party on the flimsiest of pretexts is not only a baseless attack on a longstanding fighter in words and deeds against all forms of racism, including anti-Semitism. It is also the latest … Continued
The Communist Party has called for urgent action to guarantee employment, income, housing and food security in the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic. ‘Millions of workers are facing cuts in hours or lay-offs and redundancies’, the party’s Trade Union Organiser … Continued
Trade unions should beware Boris Johnson’s ‘Build Back Better’ strategy because it will demand a high price from workers and their families, the Communist Party warned at the weekend. Former union president Bill Greenshields told the party’s online executive committee … Continued