Who says we're post industrial?
19 March 2017
A Westminster meeting showed that throwing off the shackles of the EU has created an exhilarating climate in which all kinds of people are re-imagining an industrial Britain.
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Vauxhall: smoke and mirrors
17 March 2017
Those who still resist Britain’s departure from the EU are deliberately misrepresenting the decision by car maker Groupe PSA to take over the General Motors Vauxhall and Opel car plants at Luton and Ellesmere Port.
London Stock Exchange merger plans totter
14 March 2017
The attempt by Germany’s stock to create an EU-wide monster is fragmenting.
Osborne: still meddling in the North
10 March 2017
Out of office, George Osborne continues to champion the breakup of Britain and the “Americanisation” of local government.
Rising to the manufacturing challenge
The era of taking instructions from the EU is over. With the government reversing decades of free market ideology and creating an industrial strategy, unions need to radically recalibrate their own thinking…
A future for fishing
The EU almost snuffed out Britain’s fishing fleets. Now the industry is looking at a huge opportunity…
No to the break-up of Britain!
The SNP and the Yes campaign supporters have been the cheerleaders for EU membership and the concept of “Scotland in the EU”. Yet working class unity across Britain is essential to our future…
Safety first
Britain’s railways have become a battleground as companies bent on profit look to cut corners…
They're turning prisons into profit centres
The prison population is soaring. Meanwhile, conditions of work suffer - and more prisoners than ever are commiting suicide and self-harming. But never mind, there's profit to be made...
Class struggle across a nation
We look at two struggles from the late 19th century that helped define our class, and what Britain means…
Customs union – another unification ploy
The Scottish and Welsh regional administrations are urging the government to stay in the single market – predictably, since it effectively means staying in the EU and under the authority of its Court of Justice. But they are also calling for Britain to stay in the Customs Union.