4 April 2020
Britain’s universities are among those making workers redundant, as coronavirus exposes the extent to which higher education has mortgaged its future to the international markets.
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.
2 April 2020
So collectivism is dead? In times of crises, it seems people know better than their leaders.
2 April 2020
Looking for light relief in this grim situation? Then take a look at the latest publication from the European Union’s External Action Service.
31 March 2020
In a marked change of attitude, the National Farmers Union has announced a new era of recruiting British workers for seasonal work.
30 March 2020
Unions are rapidly reaching agreements to protect workers and maintain vital services in the face of the coronavirus epidemic.
29 March 2020
Yes, there is an economic crisis as well as the health and social crisis. But the politics of despair will get us nowhere. Instead, workers need to get to grips with the financial issues involved.
27 March 2020
Nearly four years after the Brexit referendum, the EU is still clinging to the hope that it can keep control of Britain away from the British people, according to a leaked document.
27 March 2020
During the coronavirus pandemic Cuba is standing out as a shining example of international solidarity and the expertise and medical treatments possible when a country is run in the interests of its people.
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.
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.
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.
