Brexit

‘National government’ wouldn’t protect us

13 August 2019
Lots of people are rightly appalled that Boris Johnson is our prime minister.

National unity is unity with the bosses

13 August 2019
A growing number of MPs have backed calls for a “national unity government” to stop a no-deal Brexit.

The Troublemaker—Rich and royals unite to save the planet for nice holidays

06 August 2019
The younger royals like to foster an image of being progressive fighters for social justice. This was somewhat marred last week by a visit made by prince Harry to join a conference on saving the world.

Does the Cambridge Analytica documentary make a hackish point?

30 July 2019
There have been many attempts to portray Donald Trump’s presidential election victory and the vote for Britain to leave the European Union as linked.

Pound zig-zags are due to Europe crisis

30 July 2019
The pound rose on the foreign exchange markets last week after Boris Johnson became the new prime minister. Alex Callinicos looks at why.

Boris Johnson is set to fail as he mimics May’s Brexit plan

23 July 2019
Brexit will be Boris Johnson’s first and unavoidable test.

Corbyn goes to union leaders to float his second referendum plan

25 June 2019
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn met union leaders this week to discuss a shift in the party’s position on a second Brexit referendum.

Boris Johnson won’t end the Tories’ woes

04 June 2019
The fact that Donald Trump has endorsed Boris Johnson for the Tory leadership, telling the Sun newspaper “he would be excellent”, is no surprise

Labour Roots gets underway in Leeds with debates over bridging Brexit divide

02 June 2019
The first of a series of Labour Roots events, held in Leeds on Saturday, showed the continuing support for Jeremy Corbyn.

Labour right pressure Corbyn to back a 'people's vote'

28 May 2019
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is about to officially back a second Brexit referendum, according to the Daily Mirror newspaper.

Left won’t make gains without class politics

28 May 2019
There’s a howling political crisis in Britain—and the left is missing out.

Shed no tears for May

28 May 2019
Theresa May confirmed she was standing down as Tory leader on Friday of next week. Most people, including the posh scum of her own party, are glad she is going.

Behind the swift rise of the Brexit Party beast

27 May 2019
Farage has played clever by bridging class divisions. The left must expose the racism at the heart of it

Euro elections see political crisis, and the racists make some gains

27 May 2019
The Brexit Party came first, the Tories took less than 10 percent - and there are questions for Labour. Tommy Robinson lost heavily,

Theresa May announces she is to go - now let’s get the rest of the Tories

24 May 2019
Theresa May has finally caved in to relentless pressure and announced she will resign as Tory leader on 7 June.

Nigel Farage’s Olympia rally - racism just beneath the surface

22 May 2019
At least 3,000 people packed into a Brexit Party rally in central London on Tuesday

As Tories’ face wipeout, make the most of their Euro election disaster

21 May 2019
The Tories faced a wipeout at this week’s European elections.

Farage has benefited from ruling class splits

21 May 2019
Who is the most successful British politician of the 21st century? The depressing answer, according to the election expert John Curtice, is Nigel Farage.

The dark side of the Brexit Party that Nigel Farage wants to keep hidden

14 May 2019
Nigel Farage thinks tackling climate change “isn’t terribly intelligent,” wants privatisation in the NHS and calls racist scaremongering over immigration “the truth”.