Shadow chancellor Ed Balls’ plan to reintroduce the 50p tax rate on people earning over £150,000 has caused outrage in the media.
Anyone who believes that wealth “trickles down” from rich to poor would be stunned by the latest figures.
Sensationalist headlines in the Independent newspaper claimed that abortions by immigrant women have led to thousands of “lost girls”.
The function of police forces under capitalism is to maintain order for the ruling class. They do this by instilling fear of repression into people.
You wouldn’t think the general election was still over a year away from the behaviour of the main parties.
The odious Michael Gove wants us all to celebrate the First World War as a “just war”. For him it was a “noble cause” fought to defend “the Western liberal order”.
The weather has always been difficult to predict. But the past week has been particularly dramatic.
Nelson Mandela was born into a country where he was deemed a second class citizen simply because of the colour of his skin.
Ministers from 159 countries have signed up to the World Trade Organisation’s first global trade deal. It followed 12 years of negotiations.
Politicians are playing games with energy. Millions of ordinary people are outraged at the hike in fuel bills while the big six power companies rake in massive profits.
Billionaire petrochemicals boss Jim Ratcliffe is adding insult to injury for workers at Grangemouth.
The television adverts are already full of sparkly fairy lights, visions of cosy family homes and expensive shopping sprees for Christmas presents.
