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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
Barking up the wrong tree
12 Apr 2018
A new moral panic over violent crime in London has generated the usual batch of silly initiatives and pseudo-solutions, argues Eddie Ford
NCG elections: no vote
05 Apr 2018
A call from Labour Party Marxists
Truth in fiction
29 Mar 2018
Dave Douglass reviews Aly Renwick Gangrene Merlin Press, 2017, pp256, £9.99
The taming of Corbyn
29 Mar 2018
While some on the Labour right still hope to force Corbyn to resign, writes Carla Roberts of Labour Party Marxists, others are aiming to change the man and his politics
No more ‘broad, sunlit uplands’
29 Mar 2018
Eddie Ford agrees with Jacob Rees-Mogg that the final Brexit deal will be a ‘national humiliation’ like Suez 1956
Taking stock at half-time
22 Mar 2018
Morale remains high, as UCU members prepare for the second phase of strike action. Kevin Bean says members are increasingly questioning neo-liberal orthodoxy
Russian weapons
22 Mar 2018
There is great fury about the attempted assassination of Sergei Skripal - but Paul Demarty detects crocodile tears
Costs of commodification
15 Mar 2018
Pharmaceutical companies routinely fail to publish negative results of research into new drugs. James Linney looks at the case of antidepressants
Softest form of hard Brexit
08 Mar 2018
Theresa May’s ‘hard facts’ will only bring a temporary cessation of war between the rival Tory factions, writes Eddie Ford
Theresa May’s à la carte menu
01 Mar 2018
Three-course dinner or a packet of crisps? Eddie Ford looks at the latest Brexit developments
Determined to win
22 Feb 2018
Dave Douglass reviews Steve McGrail and Vicky Patterson Cowie miners, Polmaise colliery and the 1984-85 miners’ strike Scottish Labour History Society, 2017, pp146, £6
Genesis of ‘new Sinn Féin’
22 Feb 2018
Kevin Bean looks back to the 1980s and 90s and the taming of the republican movement
Further into farce
22 Feb 2018
How much longer can Ukip limp on, wonders Paul Demarty?
Misrepresenting the people
15 Feb 2018
Paul Demarty wonders what is left out of the centenary celebrations for the Representation of the People Act
21st century global reality
08 Feb 2018
Eddie Ford looks at the growing Tory infighting over Brexit