Ed Miliband has a significant opportunity to decidedly shift the terms of the debate on the economy, but to do so he will have to turn Labour policy on its head. The austerity agenda which has dominated the UK’s economic debate since 2010 is increasingly seen as inseparable from a stagnant economy and growing poverty [...]
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Investment not cuts – Labour needs to deliver a decisive break from austerity
May 20th, 2013 by Ben Folley.
How does Cameron get away with his lying pretences?
May 17th, 2013 by Michael Meacher.Banging his fist with the smack of firm government, Cameron warned the energy companies yesterday that those who engaged in oil price-fixing will face the “full force of the law”. Oh yeah? They must be quaking in their boots. Just 4 months ago when there was a huge public outcry at the surge in petrol [...]
Watch Dennis Skinner’s 2013 Queen’s Speech heckle
May 9th, 2013 by Conrad Landin.Nice one! Now join the campaign to Save Our Royal Mail. Bookmarks Hide Sites
What capitalists realise, but the Labour front bench does not
Apr 25th, 2013 by Michael Meacher.Who said: “Politicians of the right need to understand that a more constructive relationship with union members is necessary both economically and politically”? Not a Labour big-wig, nor Len McCluskey, but the former director of Policy Exchange, a favourite think-tank of the Right. He added: “There is an alternative, much more constructive role for unions, [...]
The end of nuclear Britain?
Apr 13th, 2013 by Michael Meacher.Hitherto the future of nuclear in Britain has hinged around whether the French nuclear behemoth, EDF (Electricite de France), can find a partner to help bear the cost of new nuclear plants – currently some £14bn apiece. And, not entirely unrelated, whether EDF can squeeze the British government where it hurts into agreeing a ‘strike [...]
The fight against Thatcherism must go on
Apr 9th, 2013 by Carl Packman.Yesterday, at 12.02, the anarchist Ian Bone wrote on his blog “Thatcher died this morning”. Moments after it hit Twitter and Facebook, though, as always, it was taken with a pinch of salt. That was until the BBC and Sky broke the news on its airwaves – the former Prime Minister had died, this was [...]
Four economic boosts when all we’re offered is “responsible capitalism”
Mar 30th, 2013 by Michael Hanratty.On Thursday, I wrote about how in the wake of Osborne’s latest budget, Labour continues to buy into the incompetent neoliberal myths that the government uses to justify their programme of austerity. If only the problems stopped there! Sometimes, when it looks like the left is offering an alternative, it can still fall into the [...]
Ed Miliband is right, Britain lacks local banks – RBS could fill that void
Mar 26th, 2013 by Tony Greenham.Why not convert a large, publicly owned bank into a network of local banks like those that operate successfully in Germany? Ed Miliband’s speech to the British Chambers of Commerce marked an important step towards filling a vital gap in our banking system – the place where you live. The UK banking system, dominated by [...]
Grillonomics: the ideas behind the Italy’s no.1 political party
Feb 26th, 2013 by Tom Gill.Beppe Grillo and his Five Star Movement have emerged as the single largest party in Italy’s elections held 24-25 February. But what do we know of his policies? Here’s a recent analysis by economist Vladimiro Giacché which originally appeared in Italian at MicroMega. In dealing with the economic programme of the Five Star Movement we should [...]
Blacklisting: out of the darkness, cometh the light
Feb 9th, 2013 by John Millington.The classic saying from philosopher Karl Marx: “Workers have nothing to lose, except their chains” perhaps applies to blacklisted workers more than any other. Thursday night saw an act of civil-disobedience in the pouring rain where blacklisted workers stopped traffic in the Oxford Circus area of London for nearly 2 hours. The spectacle caused further [...]
