WW archive > Issue 1437 - 06 April 2023
Driving a dead man out
Kevin Bean asks what lies behind Sir Keir and the NEC barring Jeremy Corbyn from standing as an official Labour candidate in Islington North
Letters
Blocking the way; Anti-Trotskyism; Macho-sexist; Lister Sister; Tooth and nail; Latest home; Mostly minor
Drugs war idiocy
Government policy and science part company yet again, writes Eddie Ford. Banning laughing gas for recreational purposes is, when it comes to health, sheer irrationality
Diabolus ex machina
With Elon Musk leading the way in expressing worries about AI, Paul Demarty explains what is really going on
Government by swarm
The former president faces 34 criminal charges. But Trumpism will grow stronger, whatever happens at his trial, argues Daniel Lazare. He is already clear favourite to run in the 2024 election
Mixing left and right
Pollsters suggest that a new party set up by Sahra Wagenknecht would gain considerable support. But, asks Carla Roberts, where are the principled politics that are so desperately needed?
Partisan of reaction
ML Miller reviews Ben Lewis, Oswald Spengler and the politics of decline Bergharn Books, 2022, pp238, £99
Erdoğan’s power play
Esen Uslu investigates the vote for Finland’s membership and then stonewalling over Sweden’s