"Oh dear. Not again." So read the headline on the front page of last week’s music paper the NME. The words appeared below a quote from Morrissey, in which the former lead singer of The Smiths was alleged to have said: "The gates of England are flooded. The country’s been thrown away."
Over the last few years there has been a massive shift in attitudes over the question of climate change.
The ballot result in the postal workers’ CWU union – which saw members voting to accept a deal to end the dispute with Royal Mail by 51,000 to 28,000 – has disappointed many union activists.
While scandals about rich businessmen’s relationships to the Labour Party unravel, it has been trade unions that have come in for attack in sections of the media.
In a recent article in The Guardian, Scottish journalist Iain MacWhirter noted Gordon Brown’s "apparent capitulation to neoconservatism" and asked what might have happened if Brown had taken a different path.
Respect came from the anti-war movement and opposition to war and imperialism must remain central priorities.
Preston Respect offers a model of what the organisation could achieve across the country.
‘I was a Labour councillor in Preston for ten years. I left the Labour Party to join Respect because of the work that Respect was doing.
There is a serious chance of power shortages in Britain this winter.
Gordon Brown showed his true colours on Wednesday of last week with his "get tough on school failure" speech.
Keith Jarrett, the outgoing president of the National Black Police Association, sparked outrage last weekend by suggesting that police should stop and search more young people.
After weeks of speculation Gordon Brown last week announced that he would not call a general election this autumn.
