Back to school, at last
5 June 2020
The phased wider opening of schools which began on 1 June was marred by confusion and concern. Take-up will grow when parents see that Armageddon has not been unleashed
Editorials
Editorials
No to the transition trap!
5 June 2020
“The British people have spoken, and the answer is, we’re out,” said the BBC four years ago after a long night of magnificent referendum results. Yet we’re not out, not really.
Moving forward
15 May 2020
For the foreseeable future – for years – there will be no such thing as 100 per cent safe. Only workers can assess what is reasonably safe in their workplace, and every workplace is different, including every school.
May Day 2020 Vision: An independent Britain
1 May 2020
Long live May Day. We have nothing to lose but our chains. We have a world to win.
Never underestimate the ruling class
The ruling class, the establishment – call it what you will – has always underestimated the people of Britain.
Not a day more under the EU thumb
Has Covid-19 infected the Brexit process? For diehard believers in the EU, it has become the excuse they were looking for.
Not another day under the EU thumb
16 April 2020
The government must not surrender to the siren song that Covid-19 has made Brexit impossible. On the contrary, the epidemic has made leaving the EU even more urgent.
Never again
3 April 2020
The people of Britain have had to face the Covid-19 epidemic with an emaciated NHS and an atrophied industrial infrastructure. So much for capitalism and the free market.
The people are turning to collectivism
2 April 2020
So collectivism is dead? In times of crises, it seems people know better than their leaders.
Coronavirus: there is such a thing as society
20 March 2020
Pandemics are a force of nature with potentially devastating consequences. No one can prevent them from starting, but we can exercise some control on their spread and impact.
Sound advice
20 March 2020
Policy makers are taking full account of a paper from the Imperial College COVID-19 Response team published on 16 March. They are right to do so.
Panic buying? Beware the panic selling
20 March 2020
The stock market is in freefall and shares are collapsing in value. Havoc is being created – fortunes are being made – by financiers selling Britain short.
Stop this anti-protection racket
The government has started consulting over what its new “Global Tariff Policy” should be.
If a job's worth doing...
Leaving the EU is some job, and like any job, if it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well. And we intend to do it wholeheartedly.
Trade consultation ignores need for industry
9 February 2020
The government is consulting on a new trade policy post-Brexit. And if the consultation is anything to go by, the direction of travel is worrying.
If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well
1 February 2020
Leaving the EU is some job, and like any job, if it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well. And we intend to do it wholeheartedly. Celebrate, be optimistic – but stay vigilant and be ready for the hard work to come.
The search for profit - and the march to war
10 January 2020
Unable to reverse its falling rate of profit, capital is increasingly turning to adventures abroad.
Labour: a corpse in need of burial, not resuscitation
10 January 2020
The Labour Party is a walking corpse. And unless the established trade unions change tack, they will follow it to irrelevance. The time is ripe for de-coupling trade unions from the Labour Party.
The battle is only just beginning
All the schemes, the arrogance, the contempt for democracy of the diehard Remain campaigners, have come to nothing, squashed by the vote of the people – as happened in 2016.
An independent Britain - it's only rational
Not only is it impossible for the EU to mimic the socialist processes needed to develop a country, it is designed precisely to prevent that.
Manifestoes and the art of misleading
26 November 2019
With the publication of the Labour and Conservative manifestoes, it is at least clear what this grim election is now about: deciding on the least worst option, and wading through the deluge of half-truths.
The battle for an independent Britain is there to be won
5 November 2019
The general election campaign has started, and with it the combined efforts of the establishment seeking to distract us into delegating the job of independence to parliament.
Only one option
Brexit undecided. All options are in the air. But for the people of Britain, those who live and work here, there is only one that works – no deal.
No good guarantees from the EU
We can sit back and trust any state dedicated to the pursuit of profit to guarantee our rights at work and in the environment – least of all the would-be superstate the EU.
It's not a deal. It's a trap. Reject it.
19 October 2019
The prime minister says “Let’s get Brexit done” but the deal he is bringing before Parliament is not Brexit.
Take real control [updated]
Britain stands at a crossroads. Either we leave the European Union on 31 October, or an anti-democratic majority in parliament will find some way to force through their objective of overriding the June 2016 referendum.
Why Marxists back Brexit
Marxists want to live in an independent country for the same reason as everybody else: because no one can be free in a country where the laws are made outside that country.
New situation, old truths
30 July 2019
There’s optimism about. But Brexit has never been the property of politicians. Nor can it be left to them to implement while the people gaze on from the sidelines.
Now finish the job [workers version]
The latest attempt by would-be Brexit wreckers was defeated in Parliament in June. But the job is not yet done. They will try again. We have to keep the pressure on untrustworthy Westminster politicians of whatever party.
Stop shutting down debate
In an atmosphere similar to McCarthyism, a trade union officer has been hounded out of office after expressing support for Brexit.