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Joe Gill – Is Burnham just Starmer with vibes? The same lobby groups funded both

September 1, 2026 Ben 0

Burnham promised to end neoliberalism, but he has already U-turned on his most ambitious policies. Joe Gill has worked as a journalist in London, Venezuela and Oman, for newspapers including Financial Times, Morning Star and […]

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David Jamieson – Social Democracy Upside Down 

August 24, 2026 Ben 0

‘With Labour’s working class base eroded, its old stabilising service to British capitalism can no longer be performed. There is little prospect of durably reversing this fracture.’ In Tribune. Read the article HERE.

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Stuart Jones, Andrew Crossland, Chris Groves – Empty North Sea oil fields could store enough green hydrogen to power the country for seven years

August 24, 2026 Ben 0

A way to make use of decommissioned oil infrastructure that solves the problem of renewable energy storage. Stuart Jones is Professor of Sedimentology & Geoenergy at Durham University. Andrew Crossland is Professor in Practice in […]

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Terina Hine – Climate breakdown is a class issue

August 11, 2026 Ben 0

It should be obvious that it is the working class who will suffer most from climate breakdown, but sometimes the obvious must be pointed out again and again. Cross-posted from Counterfire Blue skies, blistering sun, […]

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Deepak Tripathi – Fragmented Britain: Seventh Prime Minister in a Decade

July 27, 2026 Ben 2

British politics has never been the same since Brexit. Deepak Tripathi, PhD, is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. He blogs […]

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Middle East Eye – Andy Burnham promises ‘new economic and political model’ as UK prime minister

July 20, 2026 Ben 0

It is prudent to remain highly sceptical of Burnham, but committing to eliminating rough sleeping on day one is not a bad start. Read the article HERE.

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Geopolitics

Tom Blackburn – Starmer’s parting gift of billions for the military is a chain around Burnham’s neck

July 13, 2026 Ben 0

It doesn’t seem to matter who is the UK Prime Minister, ‘more money for arms’ is the rallying cry of the British establishment and all must obey. Tom Blackburn is a writer from Manchester. A […]

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EU politics

John Rees – 10 years on, Brexit’s legacy is universal disappointment

July 3, 2026 Ben 0

What neither side can admit is that neither Brexit UK nor the EU has achieved any success in the past decade. John Rees is a Visiting Research Fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London, and a […]

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Geopolitics

Peter Oborne – Starmer’s not a ‘decent man’: he’s an apologist for genocide

June 23, 2026 Ben 1

The attempts to re-write history about Keir Starmer are in full flow, but some of us won’t forget what he did and said about Gaza. Peter Oborne’s new book, Complicit: Britain’s Role in the Destruction […]

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Oscar Rickett – Once Keir Starmer had beaten the left, he had no plan for government

June 22, 2026 Ben 0

“Keir Starmer ends as he started: with lies.” Oscar Rickett is a news editor and reporter at Middle East Eye. He has previously written and worked for the Guardian, Vice, openDemocracy, ITN, Africa Confidential and […]

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Reindustrialise Britain – A Strategy for Wealth Creation by Costas Lapavitsas, Larry Elliot, Doug Nicholls

September 4, 2026 0

Book Review by Mathew D. Rose With the exception of the Epstein Class and the Professional and Managerial Caste in Britain there is now a broad consensus that neo-liberalism has failed the nation. It has […]

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Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations by Christian Christiansen

June 11, 2026 0

Reviewed by Branko Milanović The just published book by Christian Christiansen Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations provides an intellectual review of the history of […]

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