There can be no argument after Rachel Reeves’ Spring budget statement, that the Starmer government has moved decisively in the direction of austerity, even if
Category: Editorial

Editorial: Israel resumes its killing and destruction in Gaza
As it turned out, the Israeli government did not even bother to find a pretext to break the ceasefire agreement with Hamas, which had been

Editorial: Starmer goes full Tory on welfare benefits
In many articles and editorials in the past, Left Horizons has described Keir Starmer’s disastrous leadership of the Labour Party as “Tory-lite”. But in his

There is a saying in politics that sometimes a year is like a day, passing by without much happening. Then a single day can have

Editorial: Starmer now a recruiting sergeant for Farage
The Labour Party under Keir Starmer’s disastrous leadership is haemorrhaging votes in every single council by-election that is taking place, whether in England, Scotland or

Donald Trump’s recent endorsement of the ethnic cleansing of Gaza for the benefit of Israel is about as blatant as it could be. The suggestion,

[Part TWO, part ONE can be read here] The ceasefire that took effect in Gaza last Sunday, as much as it is a welcome respite

[Part ONE] A ceasefire finally took effect in Gaza last Sunday, although it had been postponed for three hours, during which time nineteen more Palestinians

Editorial: What the Siddiq affair says about the Labour leadership
Tulip Siddiq has now resigned as Economic Secretary to the Treasury, effectively number three to Chancellor, Rachel Reeves. She had referred herself to the independent

The election of a right wing-dominated Labour government in July opened up a new and extremely turbulent stage in modern British politics, although its full