{"id":263946,"date":"2026-05-13T11:00:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/?post_type=snippet&#038;p=263946"},"modified":"2026-05-12T18:35:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T17:35:51","slug":"starmers-on-the-side-of-working-people","status":"publish","type":"snippet","link":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/snippet\/starmers-on-the-side-of-working-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer\u2019s \u201con the side of working people\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; and <a href=\"https:\/\/labour.org.uk\/updates\/stories\/prime-minister-and-leader-of-the-labour-party-keir-starmers-speech-in-central-london-today-11-may\/\" target=\"_blank\">he\u2019s \u201cfighting\u201d for the millions of people on low pay and insecure jobs<\/a>. \u201cMillions of people who don\u2019t get the dignity. The respect. The chance that they deserve, to go as far as their talent and effort should take them. Millions of people held back because the status quo in this country does not work for them.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Yeah, but your figures and your scope are wrong, Starmer. Billions of people around the world are ensnared for life in wage labour, all being held back because capital must, and will, keep them permanently on the edge of destitution. How else could they be forced to provide the profits on which the capitalists depend?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-263946","snippet","type-snippet","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/snippet\/263946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/snippet"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/snippet"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}