{"id":264156,"date":"2026-06-10T11:00:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T10:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/?post_type=snippet&#038;p=264156"},"modified":"2026-06-09T17:32:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:32:40","slug":"watch-out-makerfield-youre-about-to-be-conned-again","status":"publish","type":"snippet","link":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/snippet\/watch-out-makerfield-youre-about-to-be-conned-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch out Makerfield, you\u2019re about to be conned again!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the coming UK parliamentary by-election in Makerfield, apart from the two confessed jokers, candidates will all be putting out the same message:<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Trust me, I have a plan that\u2019s guaranteed to make life better for you\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Some will add a rider that there will be challenges ahead, there\u2019ll be sweat and tears, but in the long run it\u2019ll come right.<\/p>\n<p>The plans will differ slightly, of course, but they will all have this in common \u2013 they&#8217;ll ignore the inescapable reality of the capitalist system, in which the profits of the minority will always take precedence over any other considerations, precedence over any of the needs or desires of working-class voters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-264156","snippet","type-snippet","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/snippet\/264156","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=264156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}