The irony of the Imola Grand Prix being cancelled last weekend because of the huge inundation in the west of Emilia-Romagna cannot have been lost on many. After six-months rain fall fell in 36 hours, over 20 rivers burst their banks, producing 280 landslides, killing at least 13 people and Continue Reading
Will McMahon
Military spending accelerates
It will soon be reported that Bakhmut has fallen. With Russian bombs raining down, and GPS guided bombs destroying Ukrainian positions, Ukrainian forces will have little option but to retreat to a new front line having suffered, like the Russians, thousands of casualties. It is generally assumed that NATO and Continue Reading
Whether Jeremy Corbyn stands or not …
On Tuesday 28 March I joined 35 or so socialists in Welwyn Hatfield constituency to watch a screening of the film ‘Oh Jeremy Corbyn! The Big Lie’ distributed by Platform Films. By chance, the showing took place on the day that the Labour Party National Executive Committee took the decision Continue Reading
No laughing matter
Keir Starmer’s speech on crime and anti-social behaviour on 23 March 2023 was not a simple dis-interring of the trope ‘tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime’ introduced by Blair in 1994. With the neo-Blairites in full control of Labour Party policy, Starmer, reflecting on past criminal Continue Reading
Not all quiet on the Eastern Front
The Stop the War demonstration took place last weekend amidst a huge wave of pro-war propaganda in the British media. Even the BBC World Service, which usually has to attenuate its imperial message for a global audience, is full-throttle behind Ukraine – no other voices are entertained. In this context, Continue Reading
Housing in a socialist society and how do we get there?
In Britain, a socialist government would inherit a housing sector that has undergone a massive transformation of ownership and control in the last half a century. The state withdrew from supplying housing via Thatcher’s right to buy and Blairism’s stock transfer program. State housing assets were, for the most part, Continue Reading