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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
Staring into the abyss
14 Mar 2024
Far from Jeremy Hunt’s budget being a ‘gamechanger’, it has backfired on the Tories, writes Eddie Ford. Indeed, with Braverman, Anderson and now Hester, the government has suffered one PR disaster after another
Courtship by mega-donors
07 Mar 2024
Tories are still capitalism’s preferred party of government, but Labour’s commanding poll lead helps explain why so many of the filthy rich are shifting their loyalties, writes Eddie Ford
How we should contest
07 Mar 2024
While Corbynism has produced little more than demoralisation, Tusc’s approach to elections has been a complete failure. Edmund Griffiths offers a contribution aimed at leaving behind puny goals and statistically irrelevant votes
Screaming blue murder
29 Feb 2024
Lee Anderson, Liz Truss and Suella Braverman are trying to further their despicable careers in the only way they know how, writes Paul Demarty: by hate-mongering against Muslims
Threat to Sunak from right
29 Feb 2024
If polls and by-elections are to be trusted, the Tories face a big challenge from the far right - and before that the possible loss of former vice-chair Lee Anderson, writes Eddie Ford
Not within touching distance
08 Feb 2024
Sinn Féin might appear, to some, to be on the cusp of realising the long-held dream of Irish reunification. However, if it happens, there would be a huge price to pay, argues Anne McShane
Safe space for business
01 Feb 2024
Team Starmer is being supported financially by very high-net-worth individuals and big companies. Have no doubts we are on course for the most rightwing Labour government ever, writes Eddie Ford
Sir Patrick Sanders’ citizen army
01 Feb 2024
There is much talk in establishment circles about the British army being too small and the need to gear up for war against Russia. Under these circumstances the left needs clear programmatic answers, says Jack Conrad
A stale left in a tumultuous world
25 Jan 2024
There were two topics on the agenda: the Israel-Gaza war and the coming general election. Scott Evans reports on the January 21 aggregate for CPGB members and supporters
How crybullying works
11 Jan 2024
Politics should have no ‘safe spaces’. Sob stories about ‘anti-Semitism’ on campus strike at a weak point in contemporary left politics, argues Paul Demarty
New kind of cruelty
14 Dec 2023
Shaming and demonising the poor: James Linney takes apart the Tories’ ‘back to work plan’, but nobody should expect anything positive from Sir Keir and Wes Streeting
Class war by other means
14 Dec 2023
Heather Hallett’s enquiry gives no grounds for optimism that the next pandemic will be handled better, but its exposure of the failings of the system and its hired servants is a lesson to be learned, writes Ian Spencer
Defend and extend the jury system
23 Nov 2023
Acquittals of pro-Palestine activists, BLM protestors and XR campaigners have infuriated the Tory press and seen a judicial backlash. Mike Macnair argues for juries and their right to hear ‘lawful excuse’
A right based on need
09 Nov 2023
Moral outrage against Braverman’s repugnant ‘lifestyle choice’ remarks is justified, but clearly not enough. Kevin Bean makes the case for the political economy of the working class when it comes to housing
Unprecedented numbers for Palestine
26 Oct 2023
Ryan Frost gives his impressions of the demonstrations and why it is vital to go beyond the essentially circular politics of protest