The disadvantage of being British
The vicious treatment of the Windrush Britons – who arrived from the Caribbean as children from 1948 to 1971 – contrasts starkly with the position of EU nationals under the Brexit transition agreement.
Editorials
Editorials
Hands off Syria
With an opinion poll indicating that only 22 per cent of people in Britain support military action against Syria, Theresa May ordered the RAF to launch strikes – pre-empting debate in parliament.
Stop the bombing of Syria!
16 April 2018
Like its predecessors – the governments led by David Cameron and Tony Blair – our government has shown it is willing to allow British blood to be shed to back up US imperialism.
Call this a transition?
28 March 2018
The much-heralded Brexit “transition” agreement has delayed our departure from the European Union – and left us in the position of a vassal state.
Corbyn's speech: cynical, disingenuous, reckless
6 March 2018
Jeremy Corbyn’s Brexit speech in Coventry on 26 February would have been breathtakingly naïve had it not been so stunningly cynical.
Public service, private chaos
Over 20,000 workers are finding themselves in the role of sacrificial lambs on the altar of the private provision of public services following the collapse of Carillion.
Customs: Something to declare [print copy]
Suddenly, it seems, the talk is all about the EU’s customs union, with “commentators” bewailing the possibility that in leaving the EU Britain will also leave the customs union.
Customs: something to declare
18 February 2018
Suddenly, it seems, the talk is all about the EU’s customs union, with “commentators” bewailing the possibility that in leaving the EU Britain will also leave the customs union.
EU imposes anti-union law on Greece
18 January 2018
Under orders from the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the IMF, the Greek government has pushed through the most anti-union law in Europe.
Negotiations: let's have clarity
It's time for the Brexit negotiators to show the same clarity as that of the British people in the referendum vote. We don't want opaque wording, we want out.
We need a Cromwell now
There are few more nauseating sights than pro-Remain MPs standing up for their constitutional right to “scrutinise” Brexit-related legislation. They are the same MPs who spent years nodding through a flood of EU laws.
Brexit negotiations: let's have clarity
13 December 2017
It's time for the Brexit negotiators to show the same clarity as that of the British people in the referendum vote. We don't want opaque wording, we want out.
Call that a campaign?
Blink and you would have missed it. The TUC’s campaign on public sector pay kicked off on 17 October with a desultory lobby of parliament.
No deal is what we want
The spectacle of a British prime minister scuttling back and forth to Brussels displaying a desperate desire for a Brexit deal with the EU, is a betrayal of the 2016 referendum vote. We don’t want a deal, we want out.
Nurses: time to take charge - shorter version
With 40,000 nursing posts vacant in England, it’s time to refocus on the real causes of the staff crisis.
Brexit: re-start the campaigns
25 August 2017
Sections of the establishment are regrouping to prevent a clean departure from the EU. Once again working people will have to put real pressure on the political class of Britain.
Start the skills upgrade now
Instead of plugging skills gaps by sucking in people from abroad we have to create and implement a long-term plan for our future that develops streams of skilled people for industries, energy, transportation, services and health care
Take responsibility against terrorism
Al Qa’ida and its offshoot Islamic State copy the worst aspects of US interventions, the murders, the torture, the rapes. There is no appeasing them.
Five foundations for independence
Britain will need strength, clarity and obduracy if it is to progress towards independence over the next two years.
No, we're not living longer
The phrase “we are all living longer” has been a well rehearsed slogan to justify an endless attack on state and occupational pension entitlement.
Push the blockers aside
On 29 March the government gave formal notice that Britain will depart from the EU once and for all time. Now Article 50 has been invoked and the clock is ticking.
Independence: Take control
A new era is dawning for Britain. Workers must make sure it serves the interests of an independent country and brings progress.
Trade: their freedom, not ours
With the prospect of Britain leaving the EU, we’re starting to hear a lot about “free trade”. Workers should be wary.
Trigger Article 50 -- the sooner the better
24 January 2017
After the Supreme Court ruling, parliament has just one immediate duty: to pass a law triggering Article 50 as soon as possible.
Take control
Last year the people of Britain stood up. The sooner the government acts to start the process of leaving, the better.
Which side are you on?
The key question confronting Britain (and the world) is whether we allow global corporations and finance capital to destroy nations in their quest for universal dominance.
Get on, get out
The British people made a declaration of independence. Now we have to get the independence we voted for.
Defence begins at home
Who cares if Russia sails its only aircraft carrier through the English Channel (or La Manche if you sit on the other coast)?
What next for Brexit
The decision to leave the EU has been made, and we must grapple urgently with the more difficult task of deciding what kind of Britain we want.
Still one nation
A YouGov poll in July indicated that Britain’s decision to leave the EU has not cut Scottish support for remaining within the UK, undermining the SNP’s push for a second referendum.