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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
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
Facing ecological meltdown
14 Oct 2021
Eddie Ford is not surprised to learn that Britain is one of the world’s most nature-depleted countries
A market opportunity
14 Oct 2021
What’s behind the campaign for face-to-face consultations? James Linney gives a GP’s view
A disaster foretold
07 Oct 2021
HGV drivers, petrol, empty supermarket shelves - Britain’s dependence on global supply chains has been badly exposed. Paul Demarty investigates
Secret world of the elite
07 Oct 2021
Access capitalism and mammoth corruption have been laid bare by the Pandora papers, writes Danny Hammill
Cold war hots up
07 Oct 2021
As the US and Britain set about arming Australia with nuclear-powered subs and Indian troops dig in at high altitude, Chinese warplanes prod and probe Taiwan’s air defences. Eddie Ford warns that a shooting war is far from impossible
Decline and decay
30 Sep 2021
Mike Macnair shows that the post-1945 and post-1976 global ascendancy of US-style constitutionalism is at the core of the current liberal impasse