The media in Britain seem obsessed by the politics and political thought of the USA, a trend shared by too many. It’s an unhealthy obsession and a deliberate distraction from our pressing needs.
Taxes will rise in the Budget on 26 November – what’s the excuse? Tories, Reform, Brexit, lazy workers, low productivity. Never the EU, never devolution, never net zero policy, never lack of investment, never the debt to financial markets and interest paid. Never capitalism.
Can we be sure any longer the Ukraine war will stay in Ukraine? That’s the question warmongers – civilian and military – want us to fret about, talking about preparation for escalation…
The government persists in pursuit of arbitrary net zero goals, raising the price of energy and risking shortages. We are all suffering the consequence…
A Workers reader writes about a thorough challenge to net zero orthodoxy – from a surprising source…
For better or worse, there's nothing like British trade unions, set up by workers, not by employer, government or church. The working class created them to survive. But defence is not enough...
We all have to eat, every day. And the safety of what we put in our mouths is exceptionally important. So what – particularly after Brexit – is the government doing outsourcing standard-setting to Brussels?
A big question hovering over the planned Sanitary and Phytosanitary Strategy is what’s going to happen with so-called precision breeding...
Many of Britain’s universities are sliding deeper and deeper into debt. Yet, instead of looking for solid foundations, they are calling for yet more dependence on the volatile global market for international students…
In September, the University of Greenwich and the University of Kent announced a plan to create a new “trailblazing” multi-university.
A new book sets out the case for nuclear power as the key energy source and the consequences of ignoring its potential…
To run a nation you need to know about who lives within. Otherwise you can’t govern the economy or health, and much else besides…
The EU has announced steel tariffs of up to 50 per cent on steel imports, including those from Britain.
All over Britain university workers are dealing with the consequences of the current funding crisis in the sector.
A leading scientist has warned that the pharmaceutical industry in Britain is under threat.
The National Library of Scotland has rescinded its controversial decision to exclude the book The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht from its Dear Library exhibition.
Strike action by bus drivers across Greater Manchester has led to a 12 per cent increase in pay over two years.
A campaign is developing in Wanstead, in North-East London, to save its High Street.
Foundation year 1 doctor members of the British Medical Association (BMA) have voted by a huge margin to strike over unemployment and lack of training opportunities
