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Douglas Jay: The Socialist Case (1937)
Douglas Jay was an economist and Labour minister. Educated at Winchester and Oxford, he was first a financial journalist at The Times and a...
Brexit and protecting the Good Friday Agreement
Martina Anderson MEP on the case for special status for the north of Ireland
There is no doubt that Brexit poses the biggest threat to Ireland since the...
Housing and the Budget
The budget has been widely referred to as ‘the housing budget’. The big announcement, left to the end of Hammond’s long budget speech, was...
The budget we need
A deadbeat Government is likely to steal Labour policies for the Autumn Budget says
Prem Sikka
Following last year’s announcement that there will only be...
Brexit – from chaos to what?
John Palmer on why a Corbyn-led economic recovery programme will work best within the European Union with European allies.
"Anything can happen" warned the late...
We must never accept a Tory Brexit
Manuel Cortes on why Brexit is the big issue for workers
Thereís a useful rule of thumb in politics. If the Tories - or those...
End the public sector pay cap
Frances O’Grady on why the pay freeze is bad for workers and the economy
Nurses working full-time in our NHS shouldn't need to rely on...
Grenfell fire – an indictment of government
Grenfell fire – an indictment of government
Duncan Bowie sees the Grenfell Tower fire as a consequence of multiple failures
One of the key functions of...
Labour turns tide
Don Flynn writes on the General Election 2017
General Election 2017: Not yet in government, but the conditions for real advance are being forged. The...
Mike Davis on a message for May
We said it would be Tory own goals (Chartist 286, ‘Corbyn in Downing Street?’) and a steady consistent, straight-talking narrative from Labour that could...
Corbyn in Downing Street?
Peter Kenyon reviews the prospects for one of the biggest upsets in British political history
Top marks to Labour for being ready. Tories are so...