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Blairites declare UK Labour party unelectable By Robert Stevens and Chris Marsden Labour’s right wing is now openly campaigning for a defeat for the party in...

Theresa May's Snap Election: Is It Really About Brexit? By Neil Clark Speaking outside Downing St. on April 18, Prime Minister Theresa May said that it...

Britain: The Livingstone affair! Kick out the Blairites!   Rob Sewell 6 April 2017   Ken Livingstone’s suspension from standing for office or representing the Labour Party for...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has condemned the US missile attack, saying it “risks escalating the war in Syria still further”. Read his statment: "The US missile...

By John Braddock 30 January 2017 The release early last week of thousands of files related to New Zealand by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)...

The move comes as Ms May attempts to push through Brexit, one of the most difficult constitutional changes the country has ever seen, without having ever won a personal mandate at the ballot box. It also has echoes of the gutsy 2007 “bring it on” challenge that David Cameron made to Gordon Brown, another premier who had never won an election.

The correct question is not “where?”. It is “whether?”. And the correct answer is no. The prime minister has just announced that her cabinet will recommend where a new runway should be built. Then there will be a consultation on the decision. There is only one answer that doesn’t involve abandoning our climate change commitments and our moral scruples: nowhere.

According to OECD data, in the UK, the average income of the richest 10% is almost 10 times higher than the income of the poorest 10%. Especially during the years 2005-2011 the gap has widened. The level of income inequality in the UK has been well above the OECD average. Although the UK economy managed to create jobs since the recession, productivity

Jeremy Corbyn’s re-election to the leadership of the Labour Party on an increased vote is a significant victory for the left in the Labour Party and for progressive politics in Britain. It is a victory that everyone on the left celebrates. It demonstrates the strength of support that exists for changing the politics of the Labour Party: for shifting the balance of power within our society, away from the political and economic elites towards the majority, to empower and enfranchise the working class and communities hardest hit by the long run attacks upon the welfare state.

The western financial crisis of 2007-8 was the worst since 1931, yet its immediate repercussions were surprisingly modest. The crisis challenged the foundation stones of the long-dominant neoliberal ideology but it seemed to emerge largely unscathed. The banks were bailed out; hardly any bankers on either side of the Atlantic were prosecuted for their