Opinion

The threat of another terrorist attack in London is very real. In March and June last year, Islamic extremists snuck under the counter-terrorism radar to commit two deadly terror attacks. They ended London’s status as having escaped the recent Islamic terrorist focus on attacks in Europe. Today the UK’s capital remains a prominent target for terror. The terror threat level as assessed by MI5 is severe. So the question on everyone’s minds – is London prepared for further potential terrorist...

If there is one thing British politics does not need right now it is another elitist party run by the well off, but according to an Observer revelation published today that is precisely what it may be getting thanks to a new “centrist” movement spearheaded by a former Labour benefactor. With dozens of powerful Blairites cast aside by Labour’s shift to the left it seems a new dawn for the former PM’s re-hashed Thatcherism could be in the offing, with...

  By Roger Cottrell, PhD Russian financial interests funding the Conservative Party, to a sum in excess of £800 000, may be directly linked to the manipulation of Britain’s Brexit vote and to the funding of Europe’s fascist Right. Core to this nefarious connection are the links between Aggregate IQ (AIQ), Cambridge Analytica (CA) and Strategic Communications Laboratories (SCL), recently exposed in a joint report by Channel 4 News, The Observer and The New York Times.  Facebook has just banned...

Former Met Commissioner Ian Blair echoed the sentiments of Jeremy Corbyn this week by highlighting the impact cuts to police funding have had on the recent violent crime spree. A Freedom of Information request obtained by The London Economic following a spate of attacks in the capital showed some London boroughs now have higher homicide rates than many major UK cities. Appearing on the Andrew Marr Show this morning, Sajid Javid appeared stumped as he attempted to defend the rise in crime in relation to police...

By Ben Martin, Green Economy Coalition Today is World Health Day, which every year is a great excuse for journalists and editors to trot out finger-wagging articles about how unhealthy we’re all getting. We’re drinking too much, not exercising enough, our food is basically just sugar and chemicals, and our lungs are clogged with car exhaust. But these aren’t just symptoms of unhealthy people. They’re the side-effects of an unhealthy environment – and a diseased economy. Diesel fumes, contaminated chicken and...

In the immediate aftermath of the Spygate revelations politicians on both sides of the house poured scorn on Jeremy Corbyn for not immediately pointing the finger at Russia. Shouts of "shame" could be heard from the Tory backbench in the Commons, with Theresa May saying the Labour leader could have "taken the opportunity as the UK government has done to condemn the culpability of the Russian state". But the inferred culpability has been called into question in recent days following revelations...

A maximum wage could be both economically viable and politically practical, a leading analyst has claimed. With minimum wages well established in many countries around the world, new research suggests capping income could create "a world without a super rich" and reduce the gap between the rich and poor. The paper comes hot on the heels of Resolution Foundation research that found the UK's wealth gap has been widening over the past decade. The think tank estimates 1 per cent of adults, some...

  What it feels like when your religious celebration is secretly recorded.  By Clouds Haberberg I came to the Jewdas Seder last night as a completely new face. I’ve been aware of them for a few years now, but it wasn’t until now that I’d gotten around to attending an event. Even though I’d heard good things, I didn’t really know what to expect, going in – and I certainly wasn’t expecting to see Jeremy Corbyn standing there the moment...

The last few days have seen the issue of street violence in London and elsewhere unusually occupying headline space as the realisation appears, at last, to be dawning that the thinning blue line are struggling to maintain control of our streets. This has been clearly illustrated by the tragic events on Monday evening when a 17-year-old girl was shot dead in Tottenham. On the same evening two 16- year- olds suffered serious injuries in a shooting and stabbing incident in...