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Around 500 delegates are expected for the national conference of new left wing political party Left Unity on the weekend of November 15-16. It will vote on policies on education, the environment, international issues, justice, social security, housing, election tactics and more. Salman Shaheen, one of Left Unity’s principal speakers, said: “In the traditional parties, […] Read more »

Felicity Dowling of Left Unity said: “Fiona Woolf’s links to Lord Brittain make her completely unsuitable to head this inquiry. She must step down immediately. “This is another example of what happens when the establishment investigates the establishment. Fiona Woolf is the Lord Mayor of London and part of the same elite the inquiry must […] Read more »

Left Unity is supporting a protest by Disabled People Against Cuts calling for Lord Freud to resign after his comments that disabled people are not worth the minimum wage. Protest details: Monday 20 October, 12.30pm to 2.30pm, DWP head office, Caxton House, Tothill St, London SW1H 9NA Merry Cross of Left Unity said: “Lord Freud […] Read more »

Left wing political party Left Unity has condemned the current attempted police eviction of the Occupy Democracy protest in Parliament Square as an “attack on democracy”. Salman Shaheen of Left Unity said: “Occupy Democracy was set up in Parliament Square to say that our democracy is broken – that we did not vote for sky-high […] Read more »

Left wing political party Left Unity is calling for Lord Freud to resign regardless of his apology for his comments that disabled people are “not worth” the minimum wage . Merry Cross of Left Unity said: “This was a ‘Freudian slip’ that exposes Lord Freud’s real views about disabled people. An apology is not enough […] Read more »

Bianca Todd of Left Unity said: “Why don’t MPs get their expenses on pre-paid cards? After all, it’s Iain Duncan Smith himself who once claimed £39 for a hotel breakfast. Read more »

Left wing political party Left Unity is calling on MPs of all parties to clearly reject airstrikes on Iraq or any other military action in parliament tomorrow.Salman Shaheen of Left Unity said:“ISIS are monsters but they are monsters of the West’s own making. Forged in the fires of war, more bombs will only hasten their […] Read more »

Left wing political party Left Unity is calling for solidarity with the occupation of empty flats by campaigning mothers in Stratford, East London – and has condemned the Labour council’s response to the protest. Read more »

Left wing political party Left Unity is supporting a Stop the War protest against bombing Iraq and possibly Syria, ahead of a possible recall of parliament on the issue. Read more »

Salman Shaheen of left wing political party Left Unity said: “Labour says the minimum wage wouldn’t reach £8 per hour until 2020. It will be £6.50 on 1 October this year. That is a rise of just £1.50 – or 25 pence per year. “That is peanuts. “People need a living wage. With the rise […] Read more »