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
Too smug to fail
04 Jun 2020
The survival of Dominic Cummings is typical of the elite’s insulation from the pandemic, argues Paul Demarty
Logic behind the madness
07 May 2020
Eddie Ford reports on the many failures of the UK and US governments
Sleepwalking into disaster
23 Apr 2020
The government knew for years that a ‘terrifying’ pandemic was coming, says Eddie Ford, yet it did next to nothing to prepare
Never let a good crisis go to waste
09 Apr 2020
Governments are using the pandemic as an opportunity to introduce authoritarian legislation, writes Eddie Ford
Testing times
09 Apr 2020
James Linney has no doubt where the blame lies for all the failures
Coming home to roost
26 Mar 2020
Richard Galen describes how NHS workers are doing their best to cope following years of Tory cuts.
End of the line
26 Mar 2020
Covid-19 has done away with Britain’s rail franchising system. Paul Demarty, for one, is not going to miss it.
Cruel and unusual punishment
13 Feb 2020
Boris Johnson is continuing the anti-migrant ‘hostile environment’ policy of his predecessors, writes Eddie Ford.
On target for disaster
09 Feb 2020
James Linney looks at the ever growing waiting times.
UK vs Team 27
31 Jan 2020
Brexit might have happened, writes Eddie Ford, but it will be far from plain sailing when it comes to trade talks, Northern Ireland and Scotland.
Curing the country of Prevent
24 Jan 2020
The list of ‘extremist’ organisations subject to intervention under the Prevent strategy is laughable - but the consequences could be grave, warns Paul Demarty.
Up against the clock
24 Jan 2020
By insisting that Britain is going to diverge from the EU, Sajid Javid is waving goodbye to the car industry, writes Eddie Ford.
Northing inevitable
19 Dec 2019
Both Sinn Féin and the DUP did badly, but there is still talk of a border poll and reunification, reports James Harvey.
Breeding ground for terrorists
06 Dec 2019
The Tories’ populist response to the London Bridge attack is no surprise. But the relationship between the prison system and Islamist terrorism seems to be symbiotic, argues Paul Demarty.
Sinking, but not yet sunk
15 Nov 2019
Rex Dunn discusses Brexit, the future of neoliberalism and the system’s potential for disintegration.