YCL Central Committee Political Report: July 2026

[First delivered by Orla MacKenzie at the July 2026 meeting of the YCL Central Committee meeting, 4th-5th July, with additions from the subsequent discussion] After 6 long years of tyranny over the Labour party, the man lovingly known as ‘Keir Stalin’ has stepped down as prime minister. Leaving in his wake a resigned defence secretary, […]
YCL Central Committee Political Report: March 2026

[First delivered by Jack Davidson at the March 2026 meeting of the YCL Central Committee, 14th-15th March, with additions from the subsequent discussion] Since our previous meeting, we have seen a continuation of the decline of Western hegemony. In a fashion which is typical of the previous two years, the acts of naked imperialist desperation […]
YCL Central Committee Political Report: November 2025

“The role of the YCL is to offer youth in Britain this viable alternative to capitalism, to offer the road to socialism, and build the class struggle against monopoly capitalism and imperialism.”
Labour is losing its class basis

Josh Morris delivers the July political report of the YCL Central Committee
We must oppose Starmer’s witch-hunt

Seán O’Connell makes the case for why supporting Corbyn is still necessary in the face of Starmer’s continued witch-hunt against the left-wing members of the Labour Party
Starmer’s “five missions” offer little to Britain’s workers

In a recent speech, Keir Starmer unveiled five ‘missions’ for the country that will “form the backbone of Labour’s election manifesto”: improving the NHS, reforming public education, securing high economic growth, being tough on crime, and turning the UK into a “clean energy superpower”.
Westminster accounts reveal £183 million influencing UK politics

Research from Sky News and Tortoise has uncovered more than £183 million in donations and ‘earnings’ into British politics during this Parliamentary term.
Great British Energy — not all it’s cracked up to be

In a speech to this year’s Labour conference, party leader Keir Starmer announced plans for a publicly owned energy company, should Labour win office at the next general election
Starmer faces embarrassment at Labour Conference

Monday (September 27) was an embarrassing day for Labour Leader Keir Starmer, with Labour conference passing motions that defied his own line on the same day as a shadow cabinet resignation.
Labour’s attack on Xinjiang-made PPE is only the latest in a wave of disinformation

The Labour Party has called on the Conservative government to not make PPE contracts with Xinjiang-based firms in the latest set of unfounded attacks by western politicians against China. Writing to the current health secretary Sajid Javid, shadow cabinet member Emily Thornberry reiterated the forced labour narrative that has long served to justify economic and military manoeuvring by imperialist nations against Chinese interests.
