Tories
Cuts, closures and outsourcing show councils in chaos
08 February 2018More than half of councils in England are planning to slash costs by closing children’s centres, reducing support for disabled children and cutting child protection teams.
Tories’ train crash - rail privateers fail, but are handed more lines
06 February 2018Rail privatisation was once more exposed as a scam this week. Billionaire Richard Branson quit the East Coast rail franchise—and left us to pick up the bill.
Don’t let the Tories criminalise dissent
06 February 2018Politicians and commentators have made sure they were seen to celebrate the Suffragettes and others who fought for the vote.
Theresa May’s visit to China shows the pressure she faces
06 February 2018No one is likely to write an opera about Theresa May’s visit to China the way John Adams did about president Richard Nixon’s historic trip to Beijing in 1972. Her stay in China was completely obscured by media stories about Tory divisions over Brexit.
Exclusive—how ‘free speech’ minister Jo Johnson stifled Palestine debate
05 February 2018The Tories love to cast themselves as brave defenders of free speech on college campuses, but documents prove a minister’s orders prompted Uclan university bosses to ban a Palestine debate
A howl of rage at the Tories’ and bosses’ destruction of the NHS
03 February 2018Marchers in London said, 'We are sickened and angered by the NHS crisis, we blame the Tories and we want them out.'
Tens of thousands on the march in London for the NHS
03 February 2018Deep anger against the Tories, and a determination to fight for change now
PIP high court judgement shows the benefits of fighting
30 January 2018The Tories have been forced to make a major U-turn on benefits.
The battle for trust and truth in an era of fake news
30 January 2018Pundits blame social media for damaging trust in the news. Nick Clark looks at the real truth and lies behind fake news
Theresa May will stumble on unless we topple her
30 January 2018How long can the Tories survive?
At the Presidents Club: Tory donors, Labour businessman
26 January 2018Attendees have tried to defend the event, but it's indefensible
The Troublemaker - badger throttler clings on after Ukip no confidence vote
23 January 2018The racist Ukip party is embroiled in a fresh crisis. Its national executive committee passed a motion of no confidence in leader Henry Bolton on Sunday—unanimously save for Bolton, who voted against.
A big protest in London on 3 February can help push back Tory attacks on the NHS
16 January 2018An urgent call to resist the Tories’ attacks on the NHS went out from a health campaigners’ meeting in London on Thursday of last week.
Labour should not back single market
16 January 2018Jeremy Corbyn is under increasing pressure from the Labour right to shift his policy on Brexit. This would mean—at the maximum—supporting a second referendum and—at the minimum—backing Britain staying in the European single market if it does leave.
As Carillion fat cats demand more state cash - stop outsourcing to save jobs
14 January 2018Bosses at Carillion have got their hands out. They have already taken billions of public money on the outsourcing and privatising gravy train.
Mother of Becky Romero leads protest over her death - and backs 3 Feb NHS demo
13 January 2018The mother of Becky Romero, a 15 year old who died because of metal health cuts, has slammed underfunding of services as “utterly shameful”. And she called on people to join the demonstration for the NHS on 3 February in London.
Winston Churchill - a brutal bully and racist who was rightly hated by many
13 January 2018US right winger Mike Huckabee emerged from the latest Churchill film, Darkest Hour, to declare, “Churchill was hated by his own party, opposition party, and press."
One million children in poverty to miss out on free school meals
11 January 2018New regulations under the Universal Credit regime will mean hardship for poorer families
Force out the Tories after their reshuffle kerfuffle
09 January 2018The Tories won’t shuffle off without a fight. The time to strike and protest is now, writes Tomáš Tengely-Evans
Theresa May’s chaotic reshuffle is yet another new low for the Tories
08 January 2018Theresa May’s reshuffle of cabinet ministers began as farce and moved on to disaster on Monday.
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