According to some of the right wing press, Gordon Brown has abandoned New Labour. Some trade union leaders agree, roaring…
A gentleman’s agreement?
The government has said that it has an agreement with the banks such that repossession will be a “last resort”.…
“US hedge fund bosses threaten to move to Britain”
Some weeks back one of our New Labour MP’s, Anne Snelgrove, asked one of her constituents how she thought the…
TINA is dead on the ground
This is a letter to the Swindon Advertiser TINA is dead on the ground In criticising Gordon Brown for the…
“Financial weapons of mass destruction” – time for decommissioning
Will Hutton in the Observer last weekend said: “What needs to happen is an assault on the dark heart of…
“Mere gambling transactions”
I sat down the other night to watch a DVD of one of the old Ealing studio comedies, ‘Kind Hearts…
Vlad the impaler returns
Oh my God, the trades unions better get out the garlic, the holy water and a few silver bullets. The…
“Straight from impossible to inevitable”
This is the first of a series of pieces examining the global financial crisis. Socialists are often accused of…
“Whatever it takes”, whatever it means
Writing in today’s Guardian Gordon Brown is the very picture of complacency and self-delusion. After the events of the last…
Keeping your cards close to your chest – or at least somewhere they couldn’t be found
Shenanigans down at the TUC. Thankfully, there are no smoke-filled rooms these days, but what’s this? According to UNISON NEC…
Martin Wicks 