Good riddance

Devon Socialist Party would just like say, to ex-PM Tony Blair, a fond farewell. We have much to thank 'Tony' for, not least hundreds of thousands of dead Iraqis, Afghanis, Lebanese, British and Americans, low wage Britain being a haven for exploitative big business, the privatisation and destruction of the NHS, Royal Mail/Post Office, education and many others, the continued death of manufacturing and agriculture, racist attacks on immigrants, the continuing disgrace of public transport, the failure to build any affordable social housing, the fast erosion of civil liberties, keeping the most restrictive trade union laws in western Europe, and I could go on all night.

We welcome the new PM, Tweedledum to Mr Blair's Tweedledee, Mr Brown. Mr Brown excitingly promises a 'new kind of politics' and 'change'. It's a good job Mr Brown didn't vote for and support any of the things I outlined above, otherwise unkind people might call him an unprincipled careerist hypocrite, a warmongerer, privatiser and job slasher.

Devon Socialist Party (and the Socialist Party nationally) looks forward to fighting war and occupation, cuts and privatisations whenever they might be imposed by Mr Brown or his lieutenants - and work towards building a genuine alternative for workers, campaigners, socialists and youth, by campaigning for a new workers' party. If you want to join us in our campaigns and struggles, please email socialistpartydevon@googlemail.com or if you are interested in the Campaign for a New Workers' Party click here.

The man in the photo, by the way, is John Howson, who was protesting outside Downing Street this morning (when Blair was doing his usual hammy routine on the steps of Number 10) alongside other campaigners from Military Families Against the War.