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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
The clock is the spur
08 Aug 2019
Only a national government can stop Brexit, and that would mean splitting the Labour Party, reckons Eddie Ford.
Election has already begun
02 Aug 2019
Boris Johnson’s spending spree and visits to the four corners of the UK are about seeing off Jeremy Corbyn, but, writes Eddie Fordthe parliamentary establishment might still make a decisive move.
Brexit do or die
25 Jul 2019
Eddie Ford asks if Boris Johnson can deliver where Theresa May failed
The politics of offence
18 Jul 2019
Eddie Ford thinks everybody should be open to political criticism - even those who are pregnant or receiving treatment for illness
Volatile times ahead
18 Jul 2019
We are heading for a constitutional crisis, writes Peter Manson and certainly an early general election.
Constitutional or political?
18 Jul 2019
Mike Macnair asks whether talk of a ‘constitutional crisis’ following the election of Boris Johnson as Tory leader is real or illusory
Time to reorient
12 Jul 2019
With talk of prorogation and an ‘alternative parliament’, writes Eddie Ford, a constitutional crisis is looming.
From miracle to hard border?
04 Jul 2019
In the 1990s Ireland was a great success story. Then came the financial crash and now there is the danger of Brexit unleashing economic mayhem. In the first of two articles, James Harvey discusses the changing fortunes of Irish capitalism
A company union?
04 Jul 2019
James Marshall of Labour Party Marxists looks at Jeremy Corbyn’s latest proposals for the armed forces
Storms heading our way
27 Jun 2019
In order to win the Tory leadership election Boris Johnson says that when it comes to Brexit it is ‘do or die’. According to existing parliamentary arithmetic, he will die. But that will hardly be the end of matters, says Eddie Ford
Blue-on-blue fight
20 Jun 2019
Boris Johnson is cruising to victory - but then what? Eddie Ford looks at the various possibilities
The prosecutor’s fallacy
06 Jun 2019
Boris Johnson is surely guilty of lying - but dishonesty in politics cannot be dealt with by the courts, argues Paul Demarty
Gospel of no deal
06 Jun 2019
Forget the chatter about the Tory Party being ‘doomed’, writes Eddie Ford. We could, however, see a significant realignment of British politics
Their crisis, our opportunity
30 May 2019
Boris Johnson promises to deliver Brexit, but to do that means calling a general election, writes Eddie Ford
After Theresa has gone
23 May 2019
If Boris Johnson becomes Tory leader, a general election will soon follow. If he wins that election, Brexit and a joined-at-the-hip alliance with Donald Trump is on the cards. Eddie Ford reports on latest developments and future possibilities