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Europe's mutual suicide pact
19 Jan 2012
Austerity plans pursued by European governments are proving to be self-defeating, writes Eddie Ford
No more ‘broad, sunlit uplands’
29 Mar 2018
Eddie Ford agrees with Jacob Rees-Mogg that the final Brexit deal will be a ‘national humiliation’ like Suez 1956
Triumph of right populism
15 Mar 2018
Election marks the worst ever performance of the post-World War II left, writes Toby Abse
Against a second referendum
08 Mar 2018
Some on the ‘left’ insist on tailing John Major and Tony Blair and their call for a second referendum. However, argues Jack Conrad, Marxists are right to distrust referendums as a method of political decision-making. We champion working class political independence and representative democracy
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
Anti-fascists on the march
01 Mar 2018
As the far right becomes more emboldened, Toby Abse reports on the disgraceful attempt of the PD leadership to ban leftwing protests
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
Further into farce
22 Feb 2018
How much longer can Ukip limp on, wonders Paul Demarty?
Italy: Democratic Party left up in arms
08 Feb 2018
Matteo Renzi’s purge is unlikely to halt his party’s decline, argues Toby Abse
21st century global reality
08 Feb 2018
Eddie Ford looks at the growing Tory infighting over Brexit
Corbynmania and the SPD
01 Feb 2018
Emma Rees and other Momentum employees have been sent to Berlin to help the German youth wing oppose the latest grand coalition, writes Susanne Holstein
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
The price of neoliberalism
18 Jan 2018
The continuing decline of the left will be confirmed by the results of the March 4 general election, predicts Toby Abse
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
Renzi vs Grasso
14 Dec 2017
It looks as though a ‘centre-left’ coalition headed by Matteo Renzi will be opposed by a leftwing bloc in the 2018 general election, writes Toby Abse
Negotiations end in chaos
07 Dec 2017
Even if Theresa May manages to strong-arm Brexit negotiations to their next phase, there is a long way to go. Paul Demarty asks if she has the staying power