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Referendum has nothing to offer
07 Jun 2012
Neither Scottish independence nor British unionism. Sarah McDonald looks at the launch of the "Yes" campaign
May's deal is dead as a dodo
17 Jan 2019
Paul Demarty asks what comes next after the crushing rejection of May’s Brexit deal by the Commons
Fall of the house of Osamor
06 Dec 2018
Kate Osamor’s resignation is a symptom of more serious political sicknesses, argues Jim Grant
Disappearing the welfare state
22 Nov 2018
Even that den of thieves, the United Nations, recognises the suffering imposed on the working class by the politics of austerity, writes Eddie Ford
Science, health and profit
22 Nov 2018
Exaggerated claims for artificial intelligence are being used to further the government’s agenda of privatised healthcare, says James Linney
Huddersfield and the causes of crime
25 Oct 2018
There is more at stake than criminal justice in the latest grooming scandal, argues Paul Demarty
Tinker, tailor, soldier, Marxist
25 Oct 2018
Lawrence Parker takes issue with some of the interpretations of Michael Bettaney’s life and ideas that have appeared down the years
A man of contradictions
06 Sep 2018
Michael Bettaney (Malkin) February 13 1950-August 16 2018
Hodging their bets
09 Aug 2018
Labour’s Kafkaesque disciplinary procedure is part of the ongoing attacks on free speech, writes Mike Macnair
Telling lies about lies
02 Aug 2018
Despite its claims, the Commons select committee is undermining democracy, writes Paul Demarty
Cliff edges and parachutes
26 Jul 2018
The Brexit crisis is deepening and almost anything can happen, writes Eddie Ford
What sort of unity?
05 Jul 2018
Review of Kevin Meagher's 'A united Ireland: why unification is inevitable and how it will come about'. Biteback Publishing, 2016, pp237, £12.99
A health service worthy of the name
28 Jun 2018
As the NHS approaches its 70th anniversary, James Linney calls for a radically new approach
Gifts for the NHS
21 Jun 2018
Theresa May’s narrow victory in the Commons is hardly a vote of confidence in her government, reckons Paul Demarty
Across the sectarian divide
14 Jun 2018
There is more to the border question than meets the eye, says James Harvey
A very British cover-up
07 Jun 2018
Conspiracies do happen, as the Jeremy Thorpe scandal proves. And Eddie Ford reckons the establishment might also conspire against Jeremy Corbyn in the event of a Labour victory