WW archive > Issue 575 - 05 May 2005
Split the difference
"This is obviously going to be a great night and a great week." No, not a crowing Tony Blair, but Michael Howard's rather optimistic prediction of the Tories' general election performance. As I write, however, I am pretty confident Howard will be sorely disappointed, with Labour securing a historically unprecedented third term
Keeping it real
Lawrence Parker confesses to being a fan of the BBC2 show The Apprentice
Rising from the grave
Peter Manson takes a look at Arthur Scargill's Socialist Labour Party and other small left organisations at election time
Towards a socialist pensions policy
According to bourgeois economists, demographic changes mean that the state is no longer able to fund adequate pensions, and so workers must make their own arrangements for the future. Nick Rogers looks at the truth behind the myths
A question of class
Ben Lewis has a closer look at some of the Muslim candidates standing for Respect
Back to basics
The Sunday Times exposé of the state of George Galloway's marriage should be treated with contempt. But there are lessons for us to learn, argues Tina Becker
Behind the betrayal
Former Sinn Féin member Philip Ferguson recalls and analyses the organisation's move to the right - and points a finger at the British left
Secrets and lies
Mike Macnair looks at Lord Goldsmith's legal advice and the role the working class should play in challenging the British constitutional monarchy