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Betrayal after betrayal, I have given up on Labour
Leaving after 50 years in the Labour Party, national secretary of Women Against Pit Closures HEATHER WOOD says Reeves’ and Starmer’s winter fuel allowance cuts are a red line crossed — and calls for widespread union resistance
A RADICAL POSE: Neil Kinnock, then Labour Party leader, addresses a mass rally for nuclear disarmament, 1983

IT’S 28 days since Labour was elected with a massive majority and it’s now three days since it announced its blatant attack on pensioners.

It’s now just over 365 days since I left the Labour Party, the party I gave my life to, the party I worked for for over 50 years.

I’ve seen Labour governments come and go and, like many, I’ve been disappointed so many times but kept the faith because I always saw Labour as the only alternative to the Tories.

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