Left block Le Pen’s far right

Andrew Coates welcomes the victory of the left alliance in recent French elections but sees President Macron continue to manoeuvre After snap legislative elections in...

An East End shootout

Duncan Bowie on anarchists in London A Devilish Kind of Courage by Andrew Whitehead published by Reaktion Books The story of the Houndsditch murders and the...

What has gone wrong with Brexit?

Philip Gough  on the fantasies and realities It can be argued that the UK’s exit from the EU happened by accident. Feeling threatened by UKIP...

Don’t forget the politics

Post Labour conference Victor Anderson posts a message for the prime minister Keir Starmer at the conference reinforced the impression he has given consistently for...

Whatever happened to Social Democracy?

Bryn Jones examines the metamorphosis of a political creed under Labour plc Interviewed BBC Radio 4, Pat Mc Fadden MP, one of PM Starmer’s inner...

Change has to mean radical change

Editorial - Issue 330 Attlee went for it in 1945 with the formation of the modern Welfare State and the NHS. Wilson followed suit in 1964 with investment...

Don’t forget the politics

Post Labour conference Victor Anderson posts a message for the prime minister Keir Starmer at the conference reinforced the impression he has given consistently for...

Whatever happened to Social Democracy?

Bryn Jones examines the metamorphosis of a political creed under Labour plc Interviewed BBC Radio 4, Pat Mc Fadden MP, one of PM Starmer’s inner...

Knife-edge but mayhem could result

In an imperfect US democracy Paul Garver looks ahead to and beyond the US Elections One month before the November Presidential election, its outcome remains...

Labour conference- Rally without razzmatazz

Mike Davis reports that while thousands gathered to cheer the Labour landslide new popular and progressive policies for wealth redistribution and reviving public services...
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Uxbridge not a bellwether

In the wake of the Uxbridge by-election Bryn Jones says Labour’s wobbling on green policies will not win it any votes

Driscoll affair echoes Livingstone

Will Jamie Driscoll’s departure be a repeat of the Livingstone London mayor fiasco? asks Trevor Fisher

Labour’s National Policy Forum must back proportional representation

The vast majority of CLPs support it, as do two-thirds of affiliated trade unions. So, will the NPF accept the case for PR? Maximilian Czekalski explains why it should

No time to stay silent

Margaret Owen asks why Starmer is ignoring the obvious ways to win the women’s vote

Delivering for youth

Caitlin Barr reports Starmer wants to lower the voting age – but asks will Labour deliver for young people? For many young people, Starmer’s Labour...

Railways and Riots

Paul Salveson is cautiously optimistic on rail initiatives After a rather pessimistic view of Labour’s transport offering in the last Chartist, I have to say,...

Modi and Hindu nationalism

Nigel Watt on the largest democracy Malevolent Republic - A Short History of the New India by K.S.Komireddi published by Hurst This is a very readable...

Sexual assault and what’s wrong with Parliament

Sexual assault and Parliament