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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
Forget police violence
18 Jun 2015
Too late to worry about all that, says the IPCC. David Douglass looks at its conclusions on the Battle of Orgreave
Tower Hamlets: vote Rabina Khan
04 Jun 2015
The Provisional Central Committee makes its voting recomendation
Some hard thinking is needed
21 May 2015
After the general election the left needs to do more than carry on protesting, argues Jack Conrad
Dangerous delusions
14 May 2015
Ukip is far from ‘defeated’, says Tina Becker - but that does not stop sections of the left talking nonsense
No swing to the right
14 May 2015
One word explains Labour’s defeat, writes Eddie Ford - Scotland
This charming man
07 May 2015
Ben Macintyre A spy among friends: Kim Philby and the great betrayal Bloomsbury, 2014, pp354, £18
Avoiding bacon sandwiches
07 May 2015
Don’t incur the wrath - or mockery - of the press, warns Eddie Ford
No strategy towards Labour
30 Apr 2015
What is the left saying about the general election? Daniel Harvey has been investigating
Gambling on a government - or bidding for an opposition?
30 Apr 2015
Our voting recommendations are not about deciding how we should be ruled under capitalism, argues Peter Manson, but about constructing a working class alternative
A simulacrum of Thatcherism
23 Apr 2015
Paul Demarty is unimpressed by David Cameron’s housing policy, and calls for serious thinking on the left
Parties, swings and roundabouts
16 Apr 2015
With the polls too close to call, writes Eddie Ford, neither Labour nor Tory strategists can be happy
Nothing to lose, everything to lose
09 Apr 2015
The April 2 leaders’ debate saw the ‘impressive’ Nicola Sturgeon praised by the Tories. Eddie Ford gives his assessment
Keeping Cameron out
02 Apr 2015
Sections of the establishment are worried by the prospect of a Labour-SNP lash-up, writes Eddie Ford
Magna Carta and long history
26 Mar 2015
There are celebrations, but also deflations. Mike Macnair examines the rival interpretations
Following the logic of nationalism
19 Mar 2015
Solidarity is heading for deserved oblivion, writes Peter Manson