PCS: nominate Lloyd and Moloney!
Many firebrands who have no political foundations drift or accelerate to the right as they get older or get power. Such is the case with Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the PCS civil service union. When young, he genuinely was a militant, leading strikes. He was an inspiring speaker and a good organiser. That said, he never had a solid political foundation in Marxism or even social democracy or any other form of organised socialist thought. Workers' Liberty supported Serwotka in his 2000 bid to become the General Secretary. It was a breakthrough that a rank-and-file activist got the top...