Brexit
14 July 2020
The Tories’ new points-based system comes alongside brutal attacks on refugees, writes Sophie Squire
14 July 2020
Hundreds of workers at the Nissan car plant in Sunderland protested on Saturday against attacks on their pension scheme.
31 March 2020
As Jeremy Corbyn ends his time as Labour leader, Nick Clark looks at the impact he has had—and why any attempts by Labour to change the system will be limited
24 February 2020
We published an article on 7 January which Population Matters believes mischaracterises its position on a number of issues, and we have agreed to publish the following letter-
10 February 2020
The development of railways is needed to take cars and much lorry traffic off heavily-polluting, CO2-creating, dangerous roads.
04 February 2020
“I have taken great care not to deride, bewail, or execrate human actions, but to understand them, ” the great philosopher Baruch Spinoza wrote in the Introduction to his Political Treatise, unfinished when he died in 1677.
04 February 2020
Irish taoiseach (prime minister) Leo Varadkar was hoping to get an easy ride to re-election this week.
28 January 2020
China and the United States have agreed to a truce in the trade war they have been waging for the past two years. What is supposed to be “phase one” of a larger trade deal was signed in Washington last week.
27 January 2020
As Britain leaves the European Union, Sophie Squire and Sarah Bates look at the problems that lie ahead for the Tories, big business and Labour
21 January 2020
Protesters from charity Safe Passage and Stand Up To Racism held a demonstration in central London on Monday in defence of child refugees’ rights.
21 January 2020
Now Boris Johnson really has to “get Brexit done”. Formally leaving the European Union (EU) on 31 January is one thing. Settling the real relationship between Britain and what will remain its biggest market is quite another.
13 December 2019
In a bitter blow the Tories have won a substantial majority in parliament after Thursday’s general election.
10 December 2019
The Financial Times newspaper and The Economist refused to call for a vote for the Tories.
10 December 2019
Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party went into this Thursday’s general election in turmoil, running at just 3 percent in opinion polls.
29 October 2019
For more than two years official politics has been consumed by a seemingly endless Brexit crisis and Westminster game-playing.
29 October 2019
Boris Johnson was floundering and spinning his way towards a general election as Socialist Worker went to press.
22 October 2019
The bigots of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) tried to recall the Stormont Assembly in Northern Ireland for the first time in two and half years on Monday.
22 October 2019
A very big protest took place in London last weekend calling for a “People’s Vote” on leaving the European Union (EU).
22 October 2019
The Labour Party has taken a big step towards full support for remaining in the racist, neoliberal European Union.
22 October 2019
Boris Johnson’s rotten deal with the European Union (EU) faced key tests in parliament this week.