Many on the left will be dismayed by the furore surrounding Emily Thornberry’s recent tweet. Whatever the thinking behind the posting of the image, the reality is that the Labour leadership’s subsequent actions have come to symbolise the latest shameful stage in the race to the bottom over immigration. How the Labour leadership has allowed […]
Pandering to xenophobia is rooted in an acceptance of austerity and recession
Nov 26th, 2014 by Kate Hudson.
The special relationship – what’s a new missile system between friends
Oct 30th, 2014 by Kate Hudson.In a globalised, increasingly multi-polar world, the ‘special relationship’ between the US and UK might be expected to diminish, as twenty-first century reality supersedes Cold War imperatives. Nothing of the sort, it seems, when it comes to nuclear weapons. In 1958 the US and UK signed the ‘Agreement between the UK and the USA for […]
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European elections: A rising left amid the far right danger
May 30th, 2014 by Kate Hudson.If you base your assessment of what’s going on politically in Europe on the BBC coverage of the Euro elections, you’ll be aware of the massive victory of the Front National in France and not too much else. The parallel rise of the far left was under-reported and where it was covered, the preferred terminology […]
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If you were in Greece, would you vote Syriza or PASOK? But in Britain….
Apr 2nd, 2014 by Kate Hudson.Last week, Labour voted for the Tory benefit cap. Bad news for those who need to claim benefits, and bad news for those who still hold out hope that Labour will present an economic alternative. This week, we’ve seen Labour’s Lord Warner proposing a £10 a month fee just to see the doctor. Is it […]
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The special relationship and the difference a day makes
Sep 1st, 2013 by Kate Hudson.Suddenly, politics is before and after ‘last Thursday’. Before last Thursday, Britain was America’s poodle, prepared to pay the ‘blood price’ for our special relationship, riding pillion passenger to US foreign policy, whatever the blowback. Since last Thursday, Britain has determined its own destiny. It has rejected participation in another murderous and futile US war […]
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Don’t attack Syria
Aug 28th, 2013 by Kate Hudson.We oppose any military attack on Syria. Such actions will only exacerbate this bloody civil war and risk drawing neighbouring states into the conflict. The alleged use of chemical weapons within Syria is to be condemned in the strongest terms, and full details must be sought and secured by UN inspectors. But the right response […]
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Left Unity and presenting a clear Left alternative
Feb 27th, 2013 by Kate Hudson.Britain faces two more years of disastrous coalition policies, but no coherent left political alternative is being presented. This has led a number of people from disparate parts of the left to come together to found a new website www.leftunity.org, to discuss what is necessary and possible for a left alternative, and to learn from […]
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Iraq: Ten years on
Feb 15th, 2013 by Kate Hudson.As The Guardian editorial says today, ‘The judgment of those who took to the streets against the rush to war only looks wiser.’ Of course there is no joy in being right when the outcome was a desperate tragedy for so many people – and continues to this day. But one would like to think that those […]
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A glimmer of reason in Labour’s policy on Trident?
Sep 19th, 2012 by Kate Hudson.Questioning Trident has been a big taboo in Labour Party policy circles for a couple of decades or so. Every other commitment seems to have been reviewed except the ‘need’ for a nuclear ‘deterrent’. The reluctance to question this particular piece of weaponry was beginning to seem irrational. So it’s good to see from Jon […]
