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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
From goch to pinc
11 Aug 2022
Mike Macnair critiques the ongoing political degeneration of Anticapitalist Resistance and the Mandelites
Happily flying blind
11 Aug 2022
Closure of the Tavistock GIDS clinic highlights the conflict between culture war politics and science, argues Isaac McCabe
A hot autumn too
11 Aug 2022
Things are clearly heading towards a monumental explosion of strikes and protests, writes Eddie Ford
Migration delusions
04 Aug 2022
The Tory leadership rivals’ attempts to outbid each other on being ‘hard on immigration’ promote delusions, argues Mike Macnair
The prince and the terrorist
04 Aug 2022
Yassamine Mather explores the fabulously rich bin Laden family and the links between the Middle East’s efficient royals and Britain’s dignified royals
Indy2, strikes and boycotts
28 Jul 2022
Why are the ‘official communists’ in such a muddle over the SNP’s bid to hold a legal referendum on independence? James Harvey critiques the YCL’s gensec
Gift that keeps on giving
28 Jul 2022
The Tories can neither abandon Brexit nor make it work. That means we can only expect more chaos, argues Paul Demarty
General strike call
28 Jul 2022
Leadership favourite Liz Truss has promised to impose ‘minimum service levels’ on striking workers just 30 days after coming into office. In response, Mick Lynch says he will campaign for the TUC to call a general strike. Eddie Ford comments
Not going away
21 Jul 2022
The dismal inability to defeat the pandemic points to a wider, systemic failure, argues James Linney
Toryland now decides
21 Jul 2022
Rank-and-file Conservatives are more likely to vote for Liz Truss than the so-called ‘socialist’, Rishi Sunak - or so we are told. Eddie Ford investigates
Phew, what a scorcher
21 Jul 2022
As temperatures hit record highs, James Harvey pours scorn on the Johnson government’s totally inadequate targets and the backtracking by the leadership candidates, not least Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak
That’s entertainment!
14 Jul 2022
Boris Johnson’s persona is part Psmith, part Flashman and part Tim Nice-But-Dim. Paul Demarty traces the rise and fall of the ‘Red Tory’
Expect an early general election
14 Jul 2022
Smear campaigns, dirty dossiers, stitch-ups - yes, it is a Tory leadership contest. Eddie Ford also notes that Penny Mordaunt is way out in front when it comes to the bookies
Westminster vs Holyrood
07 Jul 2022
James Harvey considers the SNP’s call for a second independence referendum and asks how the left should respond
Going, going, gone
07 Jul 2022
Britain will soon have a new Tory prime minister, writes Paul Demarty. Meanwhile, Sir Keir is copying Sir Tony and his triangulation strategy, while the left is whispering about yet another broad party