By John Pickard Writing in the Financial Times, its chief economic columnist, Martin Wolf, gave a stark description of the parlous state of British capitalism.
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By John Pickard When Boris Johnson announced his Brexit deal in December 2020, a Left Horizons editorial noted that “This is the first ‘free trade’
Review by Mark Langabeer, Hastings and Rye Labour member Grenfell is a play brought to Channel 4, but it is a dramatization based on the
Shadow Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, takes donation from Tory donor with private health interests
Hedge fund owns over US$800m in corporation at the heart of US private health and NHS Americanisation Republished from Skwawkbox. Keir Starmer’s Shadow Health Secretary
From the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers As you may be aware industrial action across the UK has been named to take
By Michael Roberts This is the first in a series of posts on the future of work since the pandemic slump. A few weeks ago,
By Mark Langabeer, Hasting and Rye Labour member. It is well known that the City of London is the centre of a web of international
By Andy Ford An orange tide is lapping at the feet of the Tory grandees in the English shires. No-one spoke about it much at
By John Pickard The gigantic scale of tax-dodging by the British and overseas super-wealthy is not going to be resolved by the Tories because their
By John Pickard “I take full responsibility”, said the man who takes responsibility for nothing. Judging by Boris Johnson’s demeanor, one would think that he
