The election campaign is over, but the real fight has just begun. We can already see that ‘Sir Kid Starver’ will offer nothing fundamentally different to the Tories. As soon as he assumed office, he pledged to continue support for NATO bombs, instead of healthcare or education at home. He has also made it clear that he will continue supporting Netanyahu’s genocidal regime.

Many trade union leaders have laid their hopes on things being better for workers under a Starmer government. But the wealthy elites that financially backed Starmer will expect a return on their investment, which will come in the form of austerity and further attacks on the standard of living.

Far from ending the vicious culture war that has been whipped up by the Tories, Starmer is continuing it. Just like Braverman, he wants to distract from the real cause of the problems we face — the bosses and their system, which will always put profit ahead of human life.

I was clear from the beginning — we cannot hope to fundamentally change things by winning a seat in the ‘thieves kitchen’. What my campaign was really about is building a mass revolutionary struggle to kick out all the parasites and perverts in Westminster. 

I ran on an openly revolutionary programme. We won 1,791 votes to nothing short of the overthrow of capitalism, and for of a planned economy based on need and not profit. The mood that we connected with in Stratford and Bow exists in across the whole country. This is fertile soil for growing the revolutionary movement.

Starmer may have a majority, but he has inherited the deepest crisis in the history of British capitalism. His government has dynamite built into its foundations. For those who want to see an end to the capitalist system, the fight has just begun. There has never been a better time to fight for revolution with the RCP.

We have a world to win!