Welsh Labour rout needs political soul searching

Mick Antoniw says the Senedd election results were a defeat manufactured in Downing Street. The mythological bubble of inevitable Labour Party supremacy in Wales has...

Setting the world on fire

Patrick Costello argues the Iran war signals need for European autonomy On 9 April, Pakistan had seemingly succeeded in brokering a temporary ceasefire to Trump...

Palantir and the rise of surveillance capitalism  

Frank Hansen on the threats from ultra right tech bros and their control over our data Many people are aware of the controversy surrounding the tech...

Setting the world on fire

Patrick Costello argues the Iran war signals need for European autonomy On 9 April, Pakistan had seemingly succeeded in brokering a temporary ceasefire to Trump...

Palantir and the rise of surveillance capitalism  

Frank Hansen on the threats from ultra right tech bros and their control over our data Many people are aware of the controversy surrounding the tech...

Editorial

Editorial 340

Looking into the abyss Just when opinion was shifting towards Starmer in sympathy with his opposition to Trump and Netanyahu’s illegal war against Iran, the Mandelson farrago blew...

Take back control, enough is enough!

Glyn Ford says the bell tolls for Labour without a total political reset This year’s local elections are a historic repudiation of Labour and its...

Energy security to protect our climate

Tim Root on the energy implications of Trump’s war on Iran and why climate activists need to up their game The Iran war energy price...

Beyond the borders of the Iran War

Micheal Nelson Byaruhanga on the cost to African states of the illegal US-Israel war against Iran On February 28, 2026, a US-Israeli bomber flew in...

Hungary’s tide turns against populist right

Andrew Ryder and András Schweitzer hail a landslide victory for democracy and the European Union in Hungary Election Viktor Orbán has lost the election in...

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

Billions for the North’s railways

Paul Salveson asks "but when?" The Government announced seemingly ambitious plans for the North’s railways back in January. The announcement was for a three-phase approach...

Lifeline to Freedom

Duncan Bowie on past welcomes for refugees The Czech Refugee Trust Fund in Britain by Charmian Brinson and Jana Barbora Buresova published by Valentine Mitchell  This...

Geothermal energy – a little known technology

Helen Goodman explains the benefits of decarbonising heat from underground Almost half the UK's energy demand is for heat. So decarbonising heat would be a...

Reform reality

Cat Smith finds higher taxes, banned flags, chaos and care in crisis is the real world of Reform The English local elections of May 2025...