Property Developer Patriotism
The irony of Keir Starmer's plan for a 'patriotic economy' is that it relies on corporate developers to enrich shareholders, many of which don't pay their taxes in Britain.
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He Was Curious Red
Olof Palme, the radical social democrat who led Sweden in the 1970s, first came to international prominence in an unexpected place — a cameo in the notorious 'sex film' I Am Curious Yellow.
The Last Social Democrat
Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was assassinated on this day in 1986. He was the last social democratic leader to really believe in a world beyond capitalism.
Zarah Sultana: Islamophobia Is Being Used to Demonise Palestine Solidarity
The use of Islamophobia to depict peaceful protestors as violent mobs isn't just an attack on Muslims — it's an attack on all of our democratic rights.
Islamophobia: A Tool of Our Political Class
Britain's political class has stoked a moral panic about British Muslims to dodge accountability for their role in Israel's genocide — unleashing a wave of Islamophobic hate crime.
From the Pits to Parliament
Ronnie Campbell, who passed away last week, belonged to a dwindling breed of Labour politician. A miner who began work aged 14, his experience of the Northumberland coalfield's bitter class conflict inspired him to become one of Westminster's most committed socialists.
A Parliament Against Palestine
Yesterday's Westminster chaos shows that Keir Starmer's hostility to democracy applies to parliament itself — but also that despite our politicians' attempts, protecting Israel from democratic condemnation is becoming unsustainable.
Healthcare Under Siege
Speaking to Tribune, British surgeon Nick Maynard described the realities of Israeli collective punishment that he witnessed in Gaza: patients dying on dirty floors, sheltering from constant bomb attacks and receiving serious surgery without anaesthetic.
Treading Too Lightly
While Blairism said things could only get better, Starmerism says they can only stay the same. But voters aren’t crying out for a politics that ‘treads lightly’ on their lives — they want a politics that improves them.
The Blair Fantasy
Starmer is desperate to become the next Blair — but there’s a yawning chasm between 1997 and 2024.
As I Please: Managing the Mess or Cleaning It Up?
Starmer’s Labour has a historic opportunity to transform the country, but it’s easier to identify what he won’t do than what he will.
No Friends of Labour
Desperate to show a contrast to ‘old Labour’, Tony Blair took pride in upholding draconian anti-union laws and was happy confronting organised workers. But this belligerence created a new generation of trade unionists unafraid to challenge him and make things difficult for New Labour.