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Referendum has nothing to offer
07 Jun 2012
Neither Scottish independence nor British unionism. Sarah McDonald looks at the launch of the "Yes" campaign
PCS union: Where is the strategy?
24 Jan 2013
The PCS leadership seems to be up for a fight over pay, says Dave Vincent. But can it persuade the members that they can win alone?
UKIP: Cameron’s Pandora’s box
17 Jan 2013
With Ukip riding high in the polls, writes Eddie Ford, the Tories are desperate to steal its votes
Gay marriage: Compromising with bigots
20 Dec 2012
The marriage equality law is now a shambles - because David Camerons government is hostage to incorrigible reactionaries, argues Paul Demarty
By elections: Austerity assault intensifies
06 Dec 2012
The coalition is not as weak as last weeks election results suggest, says Peter Manson
Police: Hundred-million facelift disaster
22 Nov 2012
As expected, voters wanted nothing to do with last weeks PCC elections, writes Jim Moody
Socialist Party: Economist republicanism
08 Nov 2012
The Socialist Party's economism was on full display during a session on the monarchy and the state reports Peter Manson
Socialist Party: Joining the nationalist bandwagon
08 Nov 2012
Sarah McDonald reports on SPEW's commitment to socialism in one country
Tories: Revenge of the nasty party
01 Nov 2012
David Cameron once liked to pose as a compassionate Conservative, writes Paul Demarty. But no longer
Scotland: Independence from what?
25 Oct 2012
The Scottish National Partys support for Nato confirms Alex Salmond as a canny bourgeois politician, argues Paul Demarty
Hillsborough: Crown in the dock
25 Oct 2012
Steve Freeman and Phil Vellender take a closer look at the Hillsborough cover-up and locate the blame at the very top
Remorse and retrenchment
27 Sep 2012
The big story from the Liberal Democrat conference is Nick Cleggs apology for raising student fees - but his party is as wedded to the Tories as ever, argues Paul Demarty
Partly off one knee
13 Sep 2012
The Trade Union Congress decision to consider the option of a general strike represents a small step forward, writes Mike Macnair
Honour among thieves
16 Aug 2012
Recent frictions in the Tory-Lib Dem coalition are an object lesson in the cynicism of bourgeois politics, argues Paul Demarty
Behind the ‘spectacular success’
02 Aug 2012
Shawn Carter documents the mistreatment of Critical Mass cyclists, including himself
Diamond in the rough
05 Jul 2012
The latest scandal to hit the banking sector could become truly explosive, writes Paul Demarty