Read more Breakthrough Party launches biggest Weekend of Action yet With the UK potentially only 18 months away from its next General Election, work is accelerating to get the Breakthrough Party known in communities up and down the country. Breakthrough is mobilising its members to kick off its largest Weekend of Action ever in England, Scotland and Wales – from Hastings to Hull, Berwick-upon-Tweed to […] Press Release#campaign #leafleting #weekend of action
Read more St. Goran Parish Councillor joins Breakthrough Cllr Talan Blamey this week joined Breakthrough from St. Goran Parish Council in Cornwall. Talan used to be a Labour member, but has left the party, citing Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership and his breaking of all ten pledges that he was elected on in 2020. He said: “After sitting in a morally bankrupt and decaying […] Press Release#cornwall #councillor #local government #parish council #St. Goran
Read more Environment Left Unity and Breakthrough Party announce support for Extinction Rebellion’s ‘The Big One’ Left Unity and Breakthrough Party are pleased to support Extinction Rebellion’s ‘The Big One’ — a mass protest in London beginning on Friday 21 April. Extinction Rebellion’s plan is for at least 100,000 people to arrive outside Parliament on 21 April – and/or on the following three days – for a “multi-day show of strength […] Press Release#climate change #extinction rebellion #left unity #protest
Read more Economy What would a Breakthrough Party Spring budget look like? Today marked the Spring budget, a key date in the political calendar as both the Conservatives and Labour tried to show the British people which party is the safest pair of hands with the economy. After the calamitous Autumn mini-budget, which wiped £30 billion from the economy and ended with Liz Truss lasting less time […] Press Release#budget
Read more Immigration On immigration, labour offer only more efficient cruelty Like many, I’ve looked on in horror over the past few days at the Conservatives’ latest attempt to distract and divide the British people by targeting refugees with their racist Illegal Migration Bill. Speaking at a press conference yesterday behind a lectern adorned with the words ‘Stop the boats’, Rishi Sunak explained that this new […] Press Release#asylum seekers #Labour
Read more Democracy Breakthrough Party launches first Weekend of Action of 2023 While this Conservative government continues to reap havoc and chaos onto the British people with little opposition from Labour, the Breakthrough Party is continuing to build a presence in communities across the country. Breakthrough is mobilising its members to kick off its first Weekend of Action of 2023 across England, from Plymouth to Redcar, Bury […] Press Release#campaign #leafleting #weekend of action
Read more Work Trade Unions Can’t Rely on the Labour Party Anymore This week it’s #HeartUnions week and it would be very easy for me to get sentimental and wax lyrical about the trade union movement in Britain and the role its played in improving the lives of millions of working class people. Since they were legalised almost 200 years ago, they’ve given us: the minimum wage, […] Press Release#heartunions #Labour #starmer #trade union
Read more Police & Justice • Work The government continues its relentless attacks on the working class Today sees one of the biggest attacks on the working class in modern history, with the government attempting to take away our rights to strike and protest. The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill is going through its third reading in Parliament today and if passed, would allow the government to make regulations setting out the […] Press Release#police #protest #strike #trade unions #workers rights #working class
Read more Equality • Scotland Sunak’s Scottish Gender Reform Bill veto is an attack on human rights and democracy The UK Government’s decision to block the Scottish Gender Recognition Reform bill is a disgraceful attack on human rights and democracy. The Tories already have a multitude of crises of their own making to deal with. The cost of living, the NHS at breaking point, crumbling public services and the existential threat of the climate […] Press Release#gender reform bill #lgbtq+ #rishi sunak #scotland #trans rights
Read more Media Twitter locks Breakthrough Party account in an attack on free speech Twitter has locked the account of the Breakthrough Party in an attack on free speech. The Breakthrough Twitter account (@BThroughParty) has been locked since Wednesday morning due to ‘unusual behaviour that violates the Twitter Rules’, without any supporting evidence. Breakthrough is unable to post from the account and Twitter users are greeted with a message […] Press Release#elon musk #free speech #silicon valley #social media #tech #twitter