The 1953 coup d’état was a failure. How could any politician believe this time would be any different? By Daniel Khalili-Tari Sixty-four years on from the calamitous Operation Ajax backed by the US and Britain why are some US politicians hinting for another regime change in Persia? Why after plunging Iran ...
Why we all need to demand an end to the secret Tory NHS ‘capped expenditure process’ hit-list By Jonathan Ashworth, Shadow Health Secretary A weak Prime Minister and unstable government have this week been forced to allocate extra cash to Northern Ireland in return for votes in the House of ...
By Professor Emeritus Mary Mellor, from University of Northumbria That's right there are two magic money trees. Both the state and the banks can create money out of thin air. States do this by having budgets. Despite the myths that have been told time and time again, states are NOT households ...
Corbyn Mania continues to grip Glastonbury after incredible scenes on the main stage There were a few grumbles from some music quarters when this year’s Glastonbury lineup was announced. However it wasn't music that was required when Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn stole the show on Saturday afternoon, appearing on the main ...
Settle back and relax with a nice warm beverage as I'm going to tell you a story. Back in the mid-1980s when I was an eager young man with a passion for politics, the Liberal Party of Canada sent me to an intensive training conference for campaign management. The keynote ...
Today Britain celebrates its first Brexiversary. A year on from the vote to leave the European Union we are already a poorer, weaker and less happy nation than we once were and we haven't even properly started the process yet. With our only political moves being ones to sure-up existing EU ...
The Daily Mail has waged a war on the "fascist left" in what may go down as one of the most ironic pieces of journalism in media history. After it was crushed by so-called "alt left" publications in the 2017 General Election right-wing editor Paul Dacre launched a full scale attack in ...
Protesters marched in peace today just hours after the media unleashed a day of rage. Anti-austerity activists marched from Shepherds Bush to Downing Street following the tragic Grenfell Tower incident and “brutal austerity, cuts and anti-immigrant attacks”. According to the 2017 Social Progress Index released this week Britain is flat-lining on ...
A total of 79 people are either ‘dead or presumed dead’ after the blaze tore through the tower on Wednesday, in Grenfell Tower, West London The 2,500 word account of the horrific fire and rescue mission, shared by fellow firefighter Pete Drummond, will distress and upset many upon reading. It ...