Who should govern Britain? And how?
Wednesday 6 March 2024, 7.30 pm
Bertrand Russell Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
There is a contest underway for the soul of Britain. The ruling class manage stagnation and decay; the working class are challenging for a society that meets their needs.
Come and discuss. All welcome. Free entry.
2 February 2024
The Welsh government can’t persuade Welsh workers that more devolution is good for them. A recent report by its own commission provides further evidence of that – and of its misguided ambition.
27 December 2023
From January people who have left Britain will be allowed to vote in elections here, for life. This will allow people living abroad to influence what happens here.
On 16 January 2024 the eligibility of overseas voters in UK elections will change dramatically – allowing those who don’t live in Britain to influence what happens here.
17 November 2023
A book about England in the 17th century puts the people of the country as the power that shaped events – just as true today.
25 October 2023
In 1217 the Charter of the Forest established rights of access to royal forests. It’s still of interest, showing how people can exercise power.
To raise the question of taking control runs counter to the world of politicians’ competing claims to act on our behalf…
A little-known event in medieval times is still of interest today – it tells us how people can exercise their power…
24 August 2023
The way London is run does not serve its people. Past improvements have given way to the dominance of the City of London and finance capital.
11 July 2023
Turnout for Senedd Cymru elections is low. Welsh politicians are seeking compulsory voting instead of asking themselves why voters don't bother.
Who should run London?
Thursday 22 June 2023, 7.30pm
Bertrand Russell Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
London was once the “flower of cities all” and a centre of working-class organisation. Now that control has been usurped. How shall we take it back?
All welcome. Free Entry.
21 November 2022
This government is toying with reversing the referendum vote to leave the European Union. That will get as far as it thinks the people will allow it to go.
Democracy literally means “rule by the people”. That’s not what our current parliamentary democracy does. It’s not fit for purpose and it does not represent the people of Britain…
27 May 2022
Elizabeth Ribalta Rubiero of The Cuban Friendship Institute is visiting Britain to give an update about the situation in Cuba as the country emerges from the coronavirus pandemic, with the 60-year US blockade still in place.
What is working-class democracy?
What is working-class democracy?
Parliamentary democracy is not fit for purpose. It does not represent people or serve their needs. What's the alternative?
Email info@cpbml.org.uk for an invitation.
Over 10 billion coronavirus vaccinations have been given. Now some governments are turning to compulsion. But people in Canada aren't putting up with it.
9 July 2020
This book lays bare the aims of the EU and its methods. Britain has left the EU, but it is still trying to force its world view on us through the transition period.
3 December 2019
Two hundred years ago, 18 people were killed and 654 injured participating in a peaceful rally calling for the reform of a corrupt parliament...
Protesters marked the bicentenary of the Peterloo Massacre with a marchin Manchester on 19 October calling for democracy to be upheld and the EU referendum result implemented.
15 March 2019
All that is rotten in Britain has come together in the Palace of Westminster.
13 January 2019
As the delayed vote on Theresa May’s “withdrawal” agreement approaches, it has become increasingly obvious that parliament is planning a coup.
Are we going to press ahead confidently for a full Brexit that will allow the potential of our nation to flourish, or will we be cowed by the EU?
12 September 2016
The government’s plans to force councils to merge and to accept elected mayors has come off the rails in the North East of England.
12 October 2015
Against the advice of the independent Electoral Commission, the government has reduced the time frame for establishing the new electoral roll. The move is likely to reduce the number of voters in non-Conservative areas.
17 May 2015
Anybody who imagines that the threat to democracy in Britain comes from organisations like the EDL should study the government’s latest proposals to “combat extremism”.
2 May 2015
This biography of the new SNP leader by David Torrance is well-informed and full of ideas. His is both appreciative and critical of his subject. His objectvity brings out the flaws in the SNP position.
The run-up to an election is a strange time. There is much talk of democracy while in reality a range of tactics is deployed to remove citizens from the electoral roll.
Now that the referendum is over, the focus of the media has leapfrogged the coming months and focused on the general election. Nothing else is held to be relevant.
We find ourselves with our laws made by a foreign body, daily asserting extra powers for itself, trying to force us into a single economy with a single currency and soon to establish a single armed force.
This year will see a host of elections. Can the working class could use them to advance our interests? Or is there a better way?
