The following is a selection of postings from the IBT Facebook page published since the last edition of 1917. 25 January 2023 | Defend and extend Scottish trans rights! Legislation passed by the devolved Scottish government to make gender-recognition certificates (GRCs) easier to obtain and available from the age of...
Reforms are not ‘Enough’!
The new prime minister, Liz Truss, barely had time to announce that gas and electricity bills would “only” double this winter before she was forced into the background by the death of the queen and an orgy of royalism. Deference for the monarchy snaked in a queue along the river...
Britain’s Brexit Nightmare
The turmoil in the British legislature is a reflection of the decay of bourgeois democracy and Britain’s further decline as an imperialist power. Boris Johnson has lost every vote in parliament since becoming prime minister and no longer has a majority. Top-ranking Tory dissidents, Labour and other opposition parties have...
The Corbyn Project
Jeremy Corbyn was leader of the British Labour Party for five years between 2015 and 2020. This period saw a vast increase in membership and a renewal of interest in left-wing ideas such as significant wealth distribution and international solidarity. In the general election of 2017 and again in 2019...
The Bulldog Pokes the Bear
The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Defender set sail from the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odessa on 23 June, headed for Batumi, Georgia, and passed 3km into territorial waters claimed by Russia off the coast of Crimea. In response, a Russian patrol ship fired warning shots and an S-24M jet...