Despite the chaos in Parliament, fundamentally nothing has changed. We still haven’t left, and the opposition has become ever more hysterical – and coldly calculating…
What’s so good about free trade agreements? They make the rich richer, workers poorer, and they rob countries of the ability to plan…
Yes, it’s possible to produce energy without using nuclear power or fossil fuels. But at the moment the price tag for that will be a reversion to pre-industrial levels of production and consumption. No central heating, anyone?
Beset by failure in running Scotland, at the SNP party conference in October leader Nicola Sturgeon was forced to bring forward her plan to hold a second referendum on Scottish independence in 2020…
The chaos in bus services looks set to continue with the government rejecting key recommendations in a detailed Transport Committee report. ‘Regulated competition’ – the EU’s old refrain – is still being imposed…
Brexit is about far more than trade and who makes our laws. It is also about who we owe loyalty to, who controls our defence and to whom our military owe allegiance. Inside the EU, that allegiance is above all to the EU…
In the last issue, we looked at how workers pay the price of the European Union. In this article, we focus on how the EU has restricted unions’ ability to defend wages and conditions…
With a new prime minister saying we will leave the EU by 31 October at the latest, those who work in further education must seize the opportunity to say what is needed – and to demand it happens…
The need for truly affordable housing is universally acknowledged, yet it is not delivered. Brexit, implemented with control over the economy and migration, will allow Britain to plan properly to house its people…
If capitalism could charge for the air we breathe, we’d be paying through the nose for it. And why not? They’ve already managed it with water…
The seized Stena Impero is owned by a Swedish company with no British crew. So why the British flag?
Our libraries and librarians could contribute considerably to building an independent Britain. Are they up to the task?
Yes, the backstop matters. But the Withdrawal Agreement and its accompanying Political Declaration have the surrender of sovereignty built into every aspect…
30 July 2019
With hosepipe bans and water restrictions being imposed once again, calls for nationalisation of water are growing.
It’s become a mantra, endlessly repeated by Remainer unions: “Workers must not pay the price of Brexit.” What price would that be? And how about acknowledging the price of staying in the EU?
As most of the rail unions know, the future of their industry is intimately bound up with Brexit. Only independence from the EU can provide the freedom to run our railways in the national interest…
The SNP’s minority administration in Edinburgh is conspiring in the attempt to foil Brexit and the struggle to achieve sovereignty and independence for the whole of Britain. But it’s not doing well…
Parliament’s failure to act on our vote to leave the EU has sparked democratic activity and debate across the country…
The genie of independence is out of the bottle, and the fight has already started. Time, then, to consider what Britain needs to achieve that aim…
Britain has been helping to keep the ailing currency afloat – using our pensions as collateral…
The collapse of British Steel will be disastrous for its 5,000 workers and 20,000 others in the supply chain – and it will damage British industry too.
Through the treachery of the government and MPs, Britain is in political and economic limbo. Instead of being free to take back control, they have handed the future of the country over to the EU…
As both the EU and the UK government seek to thwart the results of the biggest democratic decision in our history, it is time to take stock of where we are, and how we can preserve and develop fishing…
Even the government admits the rail system is a mess. Its solution could make matters worse…
Change is in the air in the NHS, with its most senior managers reportedly pressing for repeal of the destructive Health and Social Care Act. And there are new calls to stop looting doctors and nurses from abroad…
The June 2016 referendum result was entirely rational. It represented a sophisticated view of the connection between economics and politics.…
18 March 2019
Brexit is about politics first and foremost. But with a global economic slump coming, it makes economic sense too.
The Scottish separatists have become Britain’s “can’t do” party. They can’t push through separation, and they haven’t been able to stop Brexit. And their stewardship of the Scottish economy is increasingly rejected…
As our eyes are drawn to parliament’s Brexit pantomime, another government failure threatens the world of education…
Why would 643 people sitting in a Westminster conclave think they can outweigh 17.4 million votes? But those who voted for Brexit do not have the luxury of sitting back and spectating events…
