It’s International Workers Day! Since the next British parliamentary elections are just seven days off, let’s begin with the Labour Party’s anthem, “The Red Flag,” as performed by the Socialist Victory Choir in 1986.

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It’s International Workers Day! Since the next British parliamentary elections are just seven days off, let’s begin with the Labour Party’s anthem, “The Red Flag,” as performed by the Socialist Victory Choir in 1986.
Ed Kilgore is a political columnist for New York and managing editor at the Democratic Strategist website. He was a contributing writer at the Washington Monthly from January 2012 until November 2015, and was the principal contributor to the Political Animal blog.
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