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Right from the start, there was a clear mood of both excitement at the creation and potential that this party could have in addressing the crisis in Britain today.

Waltham Forest Socialist Party members attended the latest event organised by Your Party supporters in Walthamstow on 23 October. There were 90 people, showing the initial enthusiasm for the founding of a new party.

A few hundred Your Party members attended the five-hour North London Regional assembly on 25 October, including 14 Socialist Party members. We set up stalls outside, selling the Socialist paper.

About 125 people attended the ‘Your Party’ meeting on 15 October 2025. But just 15 minutes were allocated to contributions from the floor.

Hundreds of thousands took to the streets of central London on 11 October, in solidarity with the Palestinian people.

In an extreme provocation, Nick Tenconi, leader of the now far-right UK Independence Party (Ukip), has called a protest in Whitechapel on Saturday 25 October, part of its “Mass Deportations” tour.

Not a single copy of the Socialist went unsold in West London last week. We sold 66 papers — with many buyers telling us that the sight and sound of Keir Starmer at Labour’s conference had been a factor.

For many who have experienced police racism and sexism, the revelations in a BBC Panorama documentary won’t be surprising. But the secret footage of London Metropolitan Police officers’ blatant racism, sexism and bragging about assaults at Charing Cross police station is shocking.

RMT members on London Underground should reject the so-called ‘improved’ offer from management. This offer is just the same as the original one, but stretched over three years.

On 21 September, South East London Socialist Party organised a public event in Plumstead, to discuss our party’s involvement in the anti-poll tax movement, which eventually led to the resignation of prime minister Margaret Thatcher.