Features
Battle for Burnham!
Glyn Ford argues if Burnham succeeds Starmer allies, policies and approach must be completely differentNow the real fight starts. It’s time to throw the...
Books
An Informal Empire
Duncan Bowie on South AmericaSmall Earthquakes by Shafik Meghji published by HurstMeghji is a London-based writer of travel guides. This new book focuses on...
Features
Opposing the far right
Trevor Fisher says the Together Alliance must step up activity, transparency and unity buildingAnti fascist politics in mid 2026 is dominated by two factors...
Obituary
Ian Bullock – socialist historian
Duncan Bowie remembers an expert on early socialist movement and champion of democratic socialismIan, who died on 23 December, was a long-term Chartist subscriber and occasional...
Features
Remembering 1956 while Hungary topples populist right
Andrew Ryder and Andras Schweitzer on the 1956 uprising and Russia and Hungary’s love-hate relationship1956 was a crucial year in world history, with the...
Editorial
Editorial 340
Looking into the abyssJust when opinion was shifting towards Starmer in sympathy with his opposition to Trump and Netanyahu’s illegal war against Iran, the Mandelson farrago blew...
Remembering 1956 while Hungary topples populist right
Andrew Ryder and Andras Schweitzer on the 1956 uprising and Russia and Hungary’s love-hate relationship1956 was a crucial year in world history, with the...
Labour’s command and control has alienated voters
Veteran Bradford councillor Ralph Berry on some hard lessons from the local election resultsThe Bradford local elections, especially in Wibsey and Odsal, have prompted...
Representation of the people bill – at last!
Mary Southcott on moves to democratise electionsMissed out on the last King’s Speech in 2024, some promises in Labour’s Manifesto are up for consideration...
London’s red fortress turns rainbow colours
Tom Miller reports London stays Labour (just) but more Green with Labour tribalism blocking progressive agreements while alienating young votersThe only redeeming feature of...
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debate
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
debate
Driscoll affair echoes Livingstone
Will Jamie Driscoll’s departure be a repeat of the Livingstone London mayor fiasco? asks Trevor Fisher
debate
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
debate
No time to stay silent
Margaret Owen asks why Starmer is ignoring the obvious ways to win the women’s vote
Greenwatch
Iran war should boost renewables
David Toke rejects the counsel of despair to drillAs I write, the oil crisis looks progressively worse as a result of the pointless war...
Points & Crossings
The General Strike: on the brink of revolution?
Paul Salveson draws some lessons from the strike of 1926It’s a cosy myth on the Left that the General Strike of 1926 was a...
Youth View
Loops rather than a ladder
Trained, certified, and still NEET: Jasmine Piakan on the youth unemployment trap“Learn to code.” “Get qualified.” “Do the training.” The message drilled into young...
Reform reality
Cat Smith finds higher taxes, banned flags, chaos and care in crisis is the real world of ReformThe English local elections of May 2025...