Turn on the news in the past few weeks and it’s like reading Trotsky: capitalism in profound crisis; Labour leaders and their ‘epigones’ (a favourite Trotsky word) locked in internal battle. But where are we, the left? In its party forms the English left is divided both inside parliament (with some, disastrously, voting through 42-day detention) and outside (the Respect debacle). In its moveme... Read more
While the radical left are in no position to say ’I told you so’, reviving public service values and practices is the only way to renew the Labour Party... Read more
New Labour has suffered a crushing defeat. The Blair project of promoting and implementing right-wing policies in the knowledge that traditional working class voters would remain solid died on 1 May 2008. Labour’s vote in the local elections dropped to 24 percent, a point below the Liberal Democrats and twenty points less than the Conservatives (44 percent). Given the scale of the catstr... Read more
El nuevo laborismo ha sufrido una aplastante derrota. El proyecto de Blair de promover e implementar políticas derechistas, sabiendo que los votantes tradicionales de clase trabajadora seguirían siendo inconmovibles murió el 1º de mayo de 2008. Los votos del Partido Laborista en las elecciones locales bajó a un 24%, un punto por debajo de los liberal demócratas y veinte puntos menos que los co... Read more
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The current British policy aims to deter future asylum seekers by punishing those presently in the country.... Read more
Londoners face a choice between Ken Livingstone, whose 'red' reputation has given way to pro-business cheerleading and Boris Johnson, a Conservative celebrity courting racism for electoral gain.... Read more
From telephone records to biometric passports, from travel patterns to shopping details, it is now possible to build an unimaginably detailed picture of our private lives. Gathering this data without our express permission is not just unaccountable, argues Ben Hayes, but poses a threat to the fabric of British democracy... Read more
There is a spectre haunting the British General Election "the spectre of the 'Muslim vote'". From election pundits and politicians to Mosque-regulars, there is a widespread consensus that New Labour will face a huge backlash on May 5th from one of its traditionally most loyal constituencies over Iraq, Guantanamo and the new anti-Terror laws.... Read more
22 September 1998 Pinochet arrives in London. 9 October 1998 Undergoes back surgery at the London Clinic near Harley Street. 14 October 1998 Magistrates court in Madrid contacts Metropolitan police via Interpol about Pinochet's presence in Britain. Provisional warrant issued. 16 October 1998 Pinochet arrested in his hospital bed. ... Read more
