OPINION: Forget Corbynism 2.0. Something bigger is happening on the British left From Michael Chessum 👇 opendemocracy.net/en/corbyn-star…

The anti-Palestinian racism of the British media, in it all its absurdity and moral depravity, captured in a single headline.

Ah yes, the people with the broadest shoulders - disabled benefit claimants.

Some people never learn. By unhappy coincidence, many of these people are currently running the Labour Party. I wrote this for The New European - Think Without Borders about how our sensible political elite keeps emboldening the far right, and keeps smiling about it. theneweuropean.co.uk/labour-are-foo…

Labour are fools to laugh at Badenoch and Jenrick theneweuropean.co.uk/labour-are-foo…

We are rapidly discovering that Biden's senility was not the problem. Democrats can be as cogent as they like. But if they don't offer an alternative to inequality and elite rule, they are simply not up to the job of beating the far right.

If only he was in charge. Oh, hang on a minute…

I think it's right for the government to increase Capital Gains Tax (why should earned income be taxed at a higher rate than someone making money from owning property or shares?). But it is objectively quite funny that while some of us were predicting that Labour would do

A 1.5% real terms rise in day-to-day spending does NOT mean an "end to austerity". Some departments will be getting more than 1.5% - and some will face significant cuts. #Budget2024

Kemi Badenoch is the standard bearer for a project that is perfectly calibrated to defeat the "sensible" centrist elite. That elite has no idea what it is doing and seems more concerned with destroying the left. Her counterparts - Trump, Le Pen, Meloni - are winning. So can she.

At some point this morning, Keir Starmer and a million other sensible centrist European leaders will calmly congratulate a fascist on becoming the most powerful man on Earth. At this moment, we will know what it looks like when an antelope places its head in the jaws of a lion.

every single one of the people who claim to occupy the “political centre” haven’t got a fucking clue what’s going on or what they’re doing

The return of Donald Trump is a disaster for the US and the planet – for women, for migrants, people of colour, for Muslims, for trans people and for everyone else his adminstration will target. Read our full statement here: stoptrump.org.uk/trump-is-back-…

A regular reminder that many of the voices "representing" farming are millionaires who treat their workers appallingly. If you want subsidies to produce food in a sustainable way, with decent pay / conditions, fine. Don't argue your kids should inherit your huge estate tax free.

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