Facing up to Britain’s logistics challenge
The overwhelming reliance on road transport to keep the country functioning is a growing problem – for health, for the environment, and not least for passenger transport…
Workers January/February 2021
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Agriculture unchained
New developments in agricultural policy give some idea of our potential future as a sovereign nation…
A nation for tourism
Visitors from abroad recognise Britain as one nation – something tour operators are well aware of…
The arts in a time of coronavirus
While a significant minority in the cultural industries cried (literally) over their imagined loss through Brexit, coronavirus succeeded in uniting the country around a cause all corners of Britain could agree on: survival…
Small reactor revolution [print version]
It is not easy to take control of your future when your energy supply is uncertain as it is in Britain
New money for energy, new commitment
The government’s latest announcement on energy policy is full of positive signs, with a welcome wish to use government procurement to boost jobs and investment here. But workers will want more than promises…
Devolving health: it doesn’t make sense
For Britain to persist with devolved health services is a nonsense – economies of scale are being lost and during the current health crisis efforts are being dissipated. A look at Scotland indicates the scale of the problem…
The fight for a future
One battle ends, but the war goes on. With the end of British involvement in the EU comes a new beginning – the fight for real independence…
Free to protect the environment
In this original and exciting book, Ben Pontin argues that independence presents us with a real opportunity for environmental protection in Britain…
Friedrich Engels, born 1820
Born 200 years ago, Friedrich Engels played a great part in the working class movement in the 19th century, particularly in Britain…
Coronavirus: workers taking control [print version]
Nothing illustrates the potential of collective and people-led organisation like the response of British workers to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Boost for shipbuilding
The government announced an increase in defence spending in the House of Commons on 19 November 2020
Fisheries - More powers for Navy
The Royal Navy is preparing to protect Britain’s fishing waters in the event of a no-deal Brexit by deploying four patrol ships, according to news reports.
Afghanistan - Civilian deaths soar
US President Donald Trump’s rundown of ground forces in Afghanistan was accompanied by an escalation in the air war – resulting in hundreds of civilian deaths...
BT staff yes to action vote
Communications Workers Union BT Group membership responded to a consultative ballot on industrial action in defence of job security and terms and conditions with a huge 97.9 per cent yes vote.
SNP ferries fiasco
Ageing ferry ships that have provided life-line services to dozens of islands around the coasts of Scotland should have been replaced in 2018...
Brexit - The chips are down
Britain is not the only country whose agriculture has been distorted by the EU...
Electric Cars - Cornish promise
In a big boost for electric vehicle battery production in Britain, mining exploration company Cornish Lithium announced significant investment...
Covid-19 - Normal Service
Hardly any libraries in the whole of Britain’s higher education system maintained their usual services through the fraught 2020 autumn term.
Now for real control
Whatever the restrictions and disruption – and these words are being written before the outcome of negotiations with the EU is clear – Britain can and must now chart its own future in the world. This is a pivotal moment.