New Tory PM and Euro elections signal a Labour change
Any day now Jeremy Corbyn should come out with an explicit commitment from Labour to remain in the EU and campaign for that view in a general election or referendum.
Europe—Tory paralysis, Labour’s opportunity
We live in surreal times. It is unprecedented for a government to be defeated on its keynote policy, delivering Brexit - not once but...
Put it to the people
Theresa May’s game of
Russian roulette with the lives of British people has to end. She is clearly in
thrall to the ‘no deal’ crash and...
Project hope and a People’s Vote
The Tories have
brought the UK to the brink of calamity. Rather than heal divisions of culture,
wealth, regions and nations they have brought only deeper...
Editorial: Left against Brexit and austerity
Wages stagnant for the longest period since the Napoleonic wars, a flatlining economy, low productivity growth and stagnant investment. Cap this with collapsing local...
Chartist Editor’s Report 2018
Political context & Brexit Blues
Brexit continues to dominate the domestic political agenda. This is the fundamental issue of a generation and probably the most...
Sinking Brexit plans & preparing for power
Theresa May’s government ended 2017 with three Cabinet resignations (Priti Patel, Michael Fallon and Damian Green) and a parliamentary defeat. It is a government mired in Brexit...