Complacent

Interesting, isn’t it, that one of Tony Blair’s first acts on his re-election was to award himself a cool £47,000 pay rise? Impeccable timing, I must say. Before the election it would have played right into the hands of SA and SSP candidates who pledged themselves to take only the average pay - everything above that would be ploughed back into the movement.

And our movement, along with its press, could do with an injection of cash. Not least the Weekly Worker. But unfortunately my mailbag this week contained rather less than 47 grand - about 500 times less, to be more precise. But I did get a very welcome £25 cheque from comrade FL, plus £20 each from JV and TR, and £10 from a spellbound GB.

The June fund now stands at £242. Not bad. But not enough yet to lead me to confidently predict the achievement of our full £450 target. Help us reach it and play a part in creating a Socialist Alliance party capable of wiping the complacent smile off Blair’s face.

Robbie Rix

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Number 388

Thursday June 14 2001

Labour can't be wished away
Mark Fischer calls on the Socialist Alliance to develop a serious attitude to the labour Party

Letters
Tartan tint; Closed windows; Spell-chequer; Humble and poor

Building upon solid foundation
Jack Conrad calls for the Socialist Alliance to adopt a minimum-maximum programme

General election 2001 - left results
Full breakdown of the left's performance in the general election

• Communist Party of Britain
• Scottish Socialist Party
• Socialist Alliance
• Socialist Alternative
• Socialist Labour Party
• Workers Revolutionary Party
• Individuals

Election see left advance
The results of the Socialist Alliance and Scottish Socialist Party may have been disappointing, argues Peter Manson, but the campaign represented a real gain

Scargillite Spin
Socialist Labour Party statement, Friday June 8

Socialist Alliance reports

• Nottingham: Canvassing everywhere
• A candidate's diary: Campaign review

Our history
Beyond the sects

'Flight from centre rocks' Blair
Both the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Féin made big gains in last week’s elections. Michael Malkin assesses the effect on the peace process

'Official' complacency comes under fire
The People’s Press Printing Society, the cooperative which owns the Morning Star, held its 56th annual general meeting in four venues - Glasgow, Manchester, Cardiff and London - over June 8-11. Stan Keable attended the London session on June 11