Points and Crossings

Paul Salveson on the significance of Makerfield By the time you read this, we’ll know the result of the Makerfield by-election, rightly described by media...

Downfall of the Assad regime

Patrick Costello on Syria It Started in Damascus by Rime Allaf published by Hurst My Struggle for Syria by Bassma Kodmani published by I.B.Tauris Inevitably, there has...

Demystifying the bond market

Ann Pettifor explains the Bank of England is the bigger problem Despite the uncertainty, the FT, senior right-wing Labour officials and other commentators pounced on...

Downfall of the Assad regime

Patrick Costello on Syria It Started in Damascus by Rime Allaf published by Hurst My Struggle for Syria by Bassma Kodmani published by I.B.Tauris Inevitably, there has...

Demystifying the bond market

Ann Pettifor explains the Bank of England is the bigger problem Despite the uncertainty, the FT, senior right-wing Labour officials and other commentators pounced on...

Editorial

Editorial 341

All change Well, Andy Burnham did it. He defeated Reform in Makerfield by over 9,000 votes and garnered 55%, more votes than all parties combined. We welcome Burnham's...

The future of Scotland

Why did the SNP win again and has Labour a future asks Gerry Hassan The recent Scottish Parliament elections saw the SNP win a record...

Soft Left on the Rise? 

Is leftism being revived in the Labour Party in reaction to the failures of Starmer?  It’s possible, argues Don Flynn with this account of some...

Fair weather social democracy? 

Don Flynn argues that the experience of governing Manchester will not be enough if Andy Burnham is to put the UK on a new...

Time up for the monarchy?

Following the Andrew Windsor scandal support for the monarchy is ebbing says Ken Ritchie Since its birth, Labour has accepted the monarchy as part of...

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

Taken: Experiences of Forced Adoption

By Karen Constantine, published by Pram Publications This book is a difficult read, dealing with a subject that has been swept under the proverbial carpet...

Our International History 20

Ledru-Rollin - republican democrat challenger to Napoleon III Alexandre Ledru-Rollin was a lawyer who wrote legal commentaries and defended republicans in trials following the 1830...

An Informal Empire

Duncan Bowie on South America Small Earthquakes by Shafik Meghji published by Hurst Meghji is a London-based writer of travel guides. This new book focuses on...

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...