Sunday, 19 May , 2024

Britain

John McDonnell: We’ll use every lever to block Tories’ plans

Shadow chancellor speaks exclusively to the Morning Star 14/6/2017   LABOUR will use “every parliamentary device that we possibly can” to block Tory proposals and pass its...

Schaeuble Says U.K. Welcome Back If Brexit Was Overturned

By Matthew Miller,Birgit Jennen and Rainer Buergin German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said that the U.K. would be welcomed back to the European Union if...

Forget 52%. The rise of the “Re-Leavers” mean the pro-Brexit electorate...

While the EU referendum result may have ended up 52/48, post-referendum politics have settled into something far less evenly balanced. The rise of the...

UK farmers call for more conciliatory stance at Brexit talks

By Nigel Hunt Britain's government must change its strategy at Brexit talks following last week's inconclusive general election result, taking a more conciliatory approach, Meurig...

Why Corbyn Won

I don't care if he didn't actually win — he won. Jeremy Corbyn has given us a blueprint to follow for years to come. By Bhaskar...

The Real Danger Behind The U.K. Elections

Theresa May's weakened Conservatives have chosen to unite with the far-right anti-LGBT, anti-women's' rights, climate change-denying Democratic Unionist Party to form a minority government.

How Jeremy Corbyn Pulled Off One of the Biggest Upsets in...

Labour’s shocking performance is proof that a strong left platform can win broad support. BY Bhaskar Sunkara The Tories may still be in power at the...

The Rise of a Genuine Left in Britain, its implications for...

by Dimitris Konstantakopoulos   The other day a friend almost told me off when I said I don’t exclude even an election win for Corbyn, but...

The Facts Proving Corbyn’s Election Triumph

By Jonathan Cook Watching the BBC’s coverage of the election, you could be excused for taking away two main impressions of last night’s results. First,...

After May, Labour and Left Unity

Ian Parker The Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn has succeeded in breaking the hold of the Conservatives on British politics. It is Corbyn who has...