The Labour party is facing annihilation; everyone seems to agree on this, but few have truly internalised it. Much of the Left have almost immediately relapsed into the banal optimism of the Corbyn project and […]
Labour In the Hands of the Left
Picture the scene. Labour makes heavy losses to both the Tory’s and Liberal Democrats and Johnson forms a government with a sizeable majority. There is a resurgence on the Labour right lamenting Corbynism as a […]
It’s Time For A National Care Service, and Only Labour Will Offer It
Social Care in Britain is in crisis. After 9 years of Conservative and Liberal Democrat cuts many elderly people simply cannot manage. A study by Age UK found that government spending on social care has […]
Campbell’s Labour Expulsion: Clever or Plain Stupid?
It would be naïve to assume that Alastair Campbell didn’t orchestrate his own expulsion from the Labour Party. The Machiavellian spin doctor is a master media manipulator – you don’t become Downing Street Director of […]
Blue Is The Colour, Centrist Is The Name
The defection of three ‘Remain’ backing Conservative MPs to the new ‘Independent Group’ has further heightened speculation that a new centrist force may be on the way in British politics. This group already has numerical […]
How Would Renationalisation Affect The Economy?
Ever since his election as the Labour Party leader in 2015, Jeremy Corbyn has been closely associated with policies of renationalisation. There is a general sense that such policies are the ultimate signifiers of Corbyn’s […]
Tuition Fees: Where do the Two Main Parties Stand?
Conservatives Theresa May has pledged to cap tuition fees at the current rate of £9,250 a year, as well as raising the earning threshold for beginning repayments from £21,000 to £25,000 a year. She has […]
As Maduro Strangles Democracy, Corbyn Needs To Step Up
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If you want to win the youth vote, you’ve got to speak their language
“Children are to be seen and not heard”, so goes the idiom. And so goes the Tory party’s strategy towards young voters as well, according to their 2017 election campaign. If the Tories want to […]
Reactions to Corbyn
There’s a lot to be said for breaking out of the echo chamber. With this in mind, I accepted a friend’s suggestion of seeing Jeremy Corbyn’s much publicised visit to the Brundell Social Club on […]
Corbyn’s demise and the politics of personality
Since Corbyn’s re-election in September, it’s been guaranteed that a phone conversation with my 49 year old, North Walian working class mother with a keen eye for realist, anti-Tory politics will end sour. The conversation […]
Corbyn struggling to Copeland
Recently, Jeremy Corbyn attempted a political stunt by releasing his tax return and challenging the chancellor to do the same. On paper, it was a smart move, especially as Labour was in need of something […]