WW archive > Issue 1081 - 05 November 2015
Overcoming the power of capital
Mike Macnair asks why leftwing administrations cannot halt the long-term trend to the right
Letters
Two Momentums; Through the mire; Sniper fire; Close-up; Mickey Mouse
Compromise in the offing
With talks over Syria set to continue, Yassamine Mather reports on the contortions of the rival powers
Tories screw ‘hard-working families’
Eddie Ford celebrates the government’s defeat on tax credits, but not the victory of the House of Lords
Scandals in the capital
The manoeuvring which culminated in the fall of the mayor of Rome could result in the populist right taking control of the city, writes Toby Abse
Origins of democratic centralism
Demands to bring parliamentarians into line; rightwing MPs complaining about the threat of deselection; pleas to put electability first - it all sounds very familiar
Admit you were wrong!
The SPEW comrades are in urgent need of a radical rethink, argues Peter Manson