Death of the Noble Idea
Big money trumps everything in politics, even the most dearly-held beliefs
Archive for the 'politics' Category
An Idiot’s Referendum
People of all political colours are clamouring to answer a meaningless question.
Union With the Devil
The trade unions still rage about the class war, but keep funding their class enemies.
Who Runs Britain?
I nominate the CBI.
The Anti-Social Bastards in Our Midst
The car is turning us into a nation of libertarians
How to Stop Civil War
Nicaragua and South Africa, not the US, should be the inspiration for Iraq’s constitution.
Burnt Out
Kenneth Clarke’s work for British American Tobacco should disqualify him from office.
Signal Your Opposition
A vote for a minor party could be the most powerful one you could cast.
Paid-up Members
How can MPs represent us when they earn up to 95% of their income from outside interests?
Media Fairyland
The US media is creating a world of make believe.
Religion of the Rich
There is a precedent for the Bush Project, but it’s not fascism
The Paradox of Transition
How does the Global Justice Movement become effective without becoming New Labour?
The Bad or the Terrible
Those who insist that Nader supporters should vote for Kerry are holding back US democratisation.
Jump on our Bandwagon
The corporations’ Achilles heel is the environment. It’s time for the left to hit it.
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Letter of Resignation
Letter of Resignation
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Rattling the Bars
Something very big is stirring among Europe’s young people
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Back to Front Coup
The military is being invited into the heart of politics in the US.
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Don’t Cry for Clare
Short’s career as a licensed rebel casts light on our post-oppositional, post-modern politics
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Death of the Secret Ballot
The government won’t offer electoral choice; instead it has introduced voting gimmicks which will further undermine our faith in democracy
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The Rescue Parties
Far from handing elections to the right, protest votes galvanise the major players into action
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Wreckers Unite
Labour has become the workers’ enemy. It’s time the unions stopped funding it
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A New Mobilisation
The atomisation of society means that we must invent novel forms of political organisation
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The New McCarthyism
Charges of anti-Americanism are themselves anti-American
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Silence of the Wolves
By refusing to engage with its critics, the government makes reason redundant.
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Break the Whip
It should be illegal to influence an MP’s vote
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Big Business vs Big Ideas
Labour’s determination to please the corporations is stifling political debate
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Our Peripheral Parliament
Politics is moving out of Westminster, as our representatives avoid the real issues
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Vote Conservative for a Federal Superstate
William Hague’s bold new vision for Britain is to put us in the same position as Mexico
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I Hope Bush Wins
The only hope for American democracy is if Nader takes votes from Gore
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Lords of Misrule
The destruction of the Countryside and Rights of Way Bill by the “new” House of Lords shows that it’s just as bad as the old one
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A Job, not a Hobby
Councillors in Britain must be paid for the work they do.
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The First Green Shoots
At last the British Government is starting to protect the environment
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Supporting Racism
The Government claims to be stamping it out: in truth it is encouraging it
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Tribal Politics
The British National Party reinvents itself
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Far Left or Far Right?
Living Marxism’s interesting allegiances
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Government by Business
The new Regional Development Agencies have no democratic legitimacy
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A Tax on Information
Government agencies are making us pay throught the nose for our right to know
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Roll of Dishonour
An appointed House of Lords is just as bad as an hereditary one
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Multi-issue Politics
The direct action movement is giving rise to a new and thrilling politics of empowerment
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Geriatric Politics
The main political parties have little to offer young people
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Starting Over
Britain’s direct action movements have become a force for cultural and even economic renewal
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