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UK Political doom: more shit happening next week that you need to emotionally prepare for

The creation of the NHS was the birth of modern Britain and Theresa May’s government is set to destroy it.

The Snow Prince and the Penguins — or why social democracy doesn’t work

So why are social democrats in such a pickle across the world? Some typical explanations include a) voters don’t like welfarism; b) that it’s been hijacked by morally deficient liberal elitists who lack…

Empowerment = Equality

The British Prime Minister made the startlingly frank admission in Parliament last week that “income equality had gone…

The progressive predicament in Bristol West

In the upcoming UK general election it’s pretty clear that the number one priority…

It is the members who have taken over the Labour Party — peacefully

This is an article I was invited to submit to the Mail on Sunday in the hope of publication on Sunday, July 17

Dispatches, Momentum and the AWL.

On Monday, September 19 Channel 4’s “Dispatches” programme centred on Momentum and, in the first half, the influence of Alliance for Workers’ Liberty (AWL).

The defenders of Momentum (and the AWL) have resorted to a number of attacks on the…

The UK and the World Needs Labour MPs to Defy the Party Leadership on IS

I’ve given up writing about the Labour Party. For the time being, and quite possibly forever, it has ceased to be a serious vehicle for the achievement of greater freedom and equality. Every time I’ve…

A New Tory Epoch?

The consequences of two decisions, taken three years apart, one hard-headed, the other sentimental, has transformed the present and future political landscape of Britain. Had neither been made David Cameron would probably now be leading his second coalition government and Yvette Cooper’s Labour…

A Message For Ken Livingstone from David Michaelis