Labour’s summer of turmoil – should we care?
The momentous EU referendum has cast a long shadow over politics this summer. Those architects of austerity, Cameron and Osborne, have gone from office and […]
Elections
Why Labour can’t be trusted: 2) animal protection
This article was originally written days before the 2015 general election to accompany a similar one on Labour and the working class. Due to technical […]
The EU referendum: should we stay or should we go and does it matter?
What passes for normal bourgeois politics has been put on hold for the past few weeks as the political class gets in a tizzy over […]
The election and its aftermath
This was the 14th election of my lifetime. The earliest I can recall with any clarity was 1979, when I was a sixth form politics […]
Why Labour can’t be trusted: 1) the working class
“Inequality at levels not seen under Macmillan, Heath, Thatcher or Major. Real cuts in the incomes for those at the bottom of the pile. No […]
Flashback: 2 May 1997 – Labour’s election landslide: “Things can only get better”?
On this day 18 years ago, Tony Blair’s New Labour won a landslide victory in the general election, with a staggering 419 seats and a […]
Labour’s wildlife culls
With one week to go till the election and the two main parties neck and neck, the mood on social media is starting to become […]
Which side are they on?
Shami Chakrabarti is known to most people as the director of Liberty, the civil rights organization. She has never stood as an MP but imagine […]
Where has the Hunting Act gone?
Two weeks to go till the election and a sort of collective insanity seems to be gripping certain sections of social media. There’s a big […]
23 April: Anti-election meeting at Freedom Bookshop in London
The Anarchist Federation will be holding a meeting on the forthcoming election entitled No Matter Who You Voted For, the Government Got In. This is […]
Green Party turns to dead activist to win votes from Labour
Several months ago an analysis I made of Barry Horne’s hunger strikes was severely criticised in certain quarters. You can find it by clicking on […]
UKIP and Vegfest
The past week or so has seen a load of controversy over UKIP and Vegfest. What has a right wing anti-immigration party got to do […]
The general election: (1) what anarchists do instead of voting
It couldn’t possibly have failed to escape the attention of anyone living in the UK that a general election is due soon. In fact it’s […]
Syriza – has the sell out begun?
Sometimes I’m asked why as an anarchist I don’t support parties of the left that believe in social justice, making life better for the working […]
Out with the old, in with the new…
The turning of one year into another usually leads to the casting of one’s mind back over the previous 12 months and to looking forward as well. Eight […]
Labour and circus animals – hypocrisy and lies!
Five months to go to the general election when as good citizens we’ll be asked to put an X on a piece of paper and […]
Why I won’t be voting today – again!
Another round of elections is taking place. As usual posters have been put up in the area and leaflets stuffed through letterboxes. I’ve had them […]