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
Diana and the demagogues
27 May 2021
Why the furore over an ancient interview? Paul Demarty looks at the renewed attacks on the BBC
Ulster unionism in crisis
20 May 2021
Brexit, together with shifts in both population and political allegiances, means that something now has to give, reckons Derek James
Protest halts deportation
20 May 2021
Alastair Thomas celebrates the thwarting of the home office’s Immigration Enforcement goons in Glasgow
Sorry results of tailism
13 May 2021
Narrow nationalism of all varieties distorts, twists and inverts class politics. Paul Demarty provides a preliminary post-mortem on the May 6 results
The politics of denial
13 May 2021
Class and the politics of narrow nationalism are now entwined, writes Eddie Ford. Instead of denying its own role in helping to bring about this sorry situation, the left needs to do some serious thinking
No reliance on Good Friday
29 Apr 2021
As shown by the resignation of Arlene Foster, unionism is in profound crisis. But can the left take the lead and build working class unity? Anne McShane reports on the Conference for an Alternative United Ireland
Necessity of social control
29 Apr 2021
We do not trust the government, writes Eddie Ford. But nor do we support unrestricted liberty
Behind the Lulu Lytle wallpaper
29 Apr 2021
Sleaze stories about the Downing Street flat and Boris Johnson’s character aim to protect the general regime of corruption. Mike Macnair paints the bigger picture
Death by numbers
22 Apr 2021
Instead of treating the monarchy merely as a quaint feudal relic, the left needs a much sharper critique, argues Paul Demarty
Ghost dancers of loyalism
15 Apr 2021
Riots in the Six Counties confirm once again that the Good Friday agreement settled nothing, writes Derek James
Grief at gunpoint
15 Apr 2021
The coverage of Philip Windsor’s death has reached new heights of absurdity, even for British royals, argues Paul Demarty
The opportunist prince
15 Apr 2021
He was a typical European high aristocrat, but one who chose his side - and his bride - well, writes Eddie Ford
After 47 years
08 Apr 2021
The convictions of the Shrewsbury 24 have at last been quashed. There was a conspiracy - between the employers, the police and the Tory government. Bernard Mattson reports
Royalty and the Reich
08 Apr 2021
Eddie Ford reviews Channel 4's 'Queen Elizabeth and the spy in the palace', directed by Andy Webb
Tip of an iceberg
08 Apr 2021
Bribery, fraud, nepotism and graft are all endemic to the bourgeois order, writes Derek James