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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
Russian weapons
22 Mar 2018
There is great fury about the attempted assassination of Sergei Skripal - but Paul Demarty detects crocodile tears
Costs of commodification
15 Mar 2018
Pharmaceutical companies routinely fail to publish negative results of research into new drugs. James Linney looks at the case of antidepressants
Softest form of hard Brexit
08 Mar 2018
Theresa May’s ‘hard facts’ will only bring a temporary cessation of war between the rival Tory factions, writes Eddie Ford
Theresa May’s à la carte menu
01 Mar 2018
Three-course dinner or a packet of crisps? Eddie Ford looks at the latest Brexit developments
Determined to win
22 Feb 2018
Dave Douglass reviews Steve McGrail and Vicky Patterson Cowie miners, Polmaise colliery and the 1984-85 miners’ strike Scottish Labour History Society, 2017, pp146, £6
Genesis of ‘new Sinn Féin’
22 Feb 2018
Kevin Bean looks back to the 1980s and 90s and the taming of the republican movement
Further into farce
22 Feb 2018
How much longer can Ukip limp on, wonders Paul Demarty?
Misrepresenting the people
15 Feb 2018
Paul Demarty wonders what is left out of the centenary celebrations for the Representation of the People Act
21st century global reality
08 Feb 2018
Eddie Ford looks at the growing Tory infighting over Brexit
Criticism is not abuse
08 Feb 2018
Carla Roberts takes issue with proposals to outlaw 'abuse' of MPs
Are you listening, Theresa?
01 Feb 2018
Eddie Ford looks at the latest blue-on-blue manoeuvrings and jockeying for power
Hard, soft or no Brexit?
25 Jan 2018
The working class needs a strategy that tails neither big capital nor backward-looking politicians, argues Jack Conrad
Labour tails Tory rebels
21 Dec 2017
Calling the modern powers to revise statutes by regulations ‘Henry VIII clauses’ gives the whole Brexit exercise a spurious air of English antiquity, argues Mike Macnair
Back from the cliff edge
14 Dec 2017
The last-minute deal between British and European negotiators has averted disaster for now - but settles very little, argues Paul Demarty
Planning the final assault
07 Dec 2017
The introduction of ‘accountable care organisations’ could be the beginning of the end for the NHS, writes James Linney