Articles
Saturday, May 20, 2017
Politics are dominated by constitutional issues - Brexit and Scottish independence - despite the Labour leadership's attempts to shift the debate to an attack on Tory austerity. It has not been helped either by attacks from within the Parliamentary Labour Party. Against this background the Tories made gains in recent local and mayoral elections, however, the results were not uniform across the country.
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
The interests of Leave and Remain voters are not very different. It is up to the left to put forward a unifying vision of what can be achieved freed from the constraints of the EU.
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Britain's Olympic success was largely based on funding elite sports whilst austerity cuts have had a negative impact on public sporting facilities.
Saturday, December 10, 2016
Household debt in Britain is getting worse especially for poor families.
Saturday, December 10, 2016
The significance of the Easter Rising in 1916 from an anti-imperialist perspective. The response of the British state and why it executed of the leaders of the Rising, focusing on James Connolly. What was the impact of this repression?
Saturday, December 10, 2016
Nationalism has divided the left in Scotland. Labour has a tough battle ahead to re-establish credibility and take on the SNP. however, the SNP has problems about when to go for another independence referendum and holding its membership together.
Saturday, December 10, 2016
The economic case for Scottish independence was miss-sold by the SNP during the referendum campaign. Latest figures show the situation is now much worse with the plummeting price of oil and other sectors of the economy faring poorly.
Saturday, December 10, 2016
Grammar schools have been proven not to work, so why are they being proposed now? This article further considers the negative effect of Academies and underfunding and constraints on local Authorities in England in providing comprehensive education.