Democracy & State > UK state
Referendum has nothing to offer
07 Jun 2012
Neither Scottish independence nor British unionism. Sarah McDonald looks at the launch of the "Yes" campaign
Sheen comes off bluster and boosterism
16 Dec 2021
Derek James looks at the stunning Tory rebellion over Covid-19 safety measures and Labour’s lead in the polls
Victim of vengeful US mafia
16 Dec 2021
Julian Assange has been patiently, unrelentingly pursued. Mike Macnair highlights the complicity of the UK state and courts and the failure of the left
Beware of Nazi obsession
09 Dec 2021
We must oppose the fascist right, writes Eddie Ford. But we should also oppose state bans on organisations and ‘dangerous’ books
Thin end of the wedge
02 Dec 2021
We should oppose both the banning of Hamas and its leftwing apologists, writes Eddie Ford
Onslaught continues
25 Nov 2021
With the busiest winter period fast approaching, James Linney savages the government’s NHS ‘rescue plan’
From hell to even worse
25 Nov 2021
The so-called migrant crisis results from the imperialist system itself, argues Eddie Ford
In modern times
18 Nov 2021
Capitalism needs an ideological cover for its minority rule, but it also needs the constitutional rule of law. Socialism will be different. Mike Macnair spoke at the Online Communist Forum on November 14. This is an edited version of his talk
Ten days of change
18 Nov 2021
Following the Owen Paterson fiasco, Labour has leapt forward in the polls. Eddie Ford argues that this creates problems for the standard left narrative of a useless Keir Starmer
Government extortion racket
11 Nov 2021
Boris Johnson’s screeching U-turn over Owen Paterson brilliantly highlighted the endemic corruption in the government party, writes Eddie Ford
Give a little and take a lot
04 Nov 2021
Though there was nothing, not a thing, on the environment. Rishi Sunak’s ‘big state, high tax’ budget had a distinctly populist feel, writes Eddie Ford
Modern ancient constitutions
28 Oct 2021
We are agreed: the struggle for political democracy is vital. But more is needed. Mike Macnair answers his common-ground critics
A 2.7 degree wake-up call
28 Oct 2021
The UK government’s response is woefully inadequate. So keep your expectations about Cop26 really low, advises a worried Eddie Ford
Latest round win
28 Oct 2021
Three and a half years after being sacked for daring to criticise Zionism during the Enough is Enough demonstration and Jewish Voice for Labour’s counter-demonstration in Parliament Square, Stan Keable welcomes a small victory in the struggle for unrestricted freedom of speech
Back to the past - again
21 Oct 2021
James Harvey looks at the latest round in the Brexit saga and asks where it might all be heading
Common caste identity
21 Oct 2021
Eddie Ford says that the killing of rightwing Tory MP David Amess reveals a lot about careerist politicians in general. And not only on the Labour right … there is the official and unofficial Labour ‘left’ too