Let’s start with some simpler questions. Why did Nigel Farage step down from Ukip, ostensibly in protest over its ’extremist’ direction? It was, surely, a successful brand. Why did he ask his loyalist Catherine Blaiklock to found and lead a new party, rather than doing it himself? Why did he (...)
Farage endorses far-right theories which have disturbing echoes of fascist propaganda in the 1930s.
What have Donald Trump, Nigel Farage and ‘Tommy Robinson’ got in common? Many things overlap in their ultra-right wing universe, but one of them is that they’ve all appeared on the madcap right (...)
With contributions from Rowan Williams and Green MP Caroline Lucas, the book is being given an ‘emergency’ release by Penguin
Former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and Green Party MP Caroline Lucas are among the contributors to a forthcoming handbook about how to become an Extinction (...)
In 2019 the number of retail jobs held by women fell by 3.4% but for men it was down only 0.2%.
The wave of store closures and job losses that is hollowing out the British high street has a disproportionate impact on women.
Higher costs and the shift to online shopping have left many of the (...)
With Brexit bogged down and the Tories in meltdown, Labour looks set to tip the European Parliament elections to the center-left for the first time in a generation. Another own goal for Theresa May.
Last week in Brussels, Theresa May spoke to European Union leaders for just over an hour, with (...)
Becky Crocker is a railway worker and activist in the RMT union, former chair of its Women’s Advisory Committee. Here she responds to some of the issues raised in the recent debates about RMT activist Eddie Dempsey’s remarks at a rally organised by “The Full Brexit”, and issues in the wider debate (...)
Since the financial crisis, a huge generational divide has opened up in politics, displacing class as predictor of voting behaviour. But Keir Milburn, author of Generation Left, argues that a left politics of the commons is well placed to bridge this divide.
Increasingly, the old and the young (...)
Britain: Forget the gloss and the gimmicks – feminism was forged in the struggle to escape the sweatshop
Looking for a way to celebrate International Women’s Day? Join a union. That might seem a bit abstract, but it’s not at all.
Every year International Women’s Day becomes pinker, glossier and (...)
Charities, lawyers and Labour warn against government rushing out legislation in England and Wales
Changes to mental capacity safeguards – intended to protect hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people – will hand care home managers and private hospitals far too much power, the government has (...)
Renters need better deal to prevent another Grenfell disaster, says the Social Housing Commission
Sweeping new powers must be given to social tenants as part of an overhaul needed to ensure a Grenfell-style disaster never happens again, a powerful cross-party commission will warn this week. (...)
DWP records show 134,044 households had support capped, with single mothers accounting for 114,337
The vast majority of people being penalised by the government’s benefit cap are single mothers, new analysis has found.
According to Department for Work and Pensions data examined by the Labour (...)
Figures show that since 2008 Britain has sold weaponry worth £12bn to countries about which government has serious concerns
Nearly a third of arms exports authorised by Britain over the past decade were to nations identified by the government as among the worst for human rights, new figures (...)
Measures include protections for agency workers and heavier fines for malicious employees
The government has introduced what it claims to be the biggest package of workplace reforms for 20 years after concerns that ministers have failed to appeal to voters who are “just about managing”. (...)
Lack of accountability in British international security ‘aid’ programme fuels allegations that UK taxpayers are unknowingly complicit in human rights abuses
MPs have expressed concern over the government’s flagship £1.28bn global security programme, saying a lack of transparency and (...)
Exposing the international and domestic subversion and manipulation of the ‘Integrity Initiative’ (II), a British think tank funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to the tune of £2.2m.
While several of the think tank’s tweets – attacking Jeremy Corbyn and key advisors – have garnered the (...)
K2 Intelligence admits hiring infiltrator to pass information to asbestos industry clients
A private security firm has been forced to pay damages to five anti-asbestos campaigners after they discovered it had spied on them.
The firm, K2 Intelligence, paid an infiltrator for four years to (...)
Catholic charity sacked two staff members after allegations of sexual misconduct
Britain’s biggest Catholic aid charity, Cafod, has been suspended from an international scheme which aims to protect aid beneficiaries from sexual exploitation and abuse.
The £50m-a-year charity has failed an audit (...)
Neoliberalism means abandoning people to the whims of markets. Abby Meadows argues that we need to use the tools of humanitarianism to address the depth of the social crisis.
We are living in an age where the governments of the West can no longer ignore their domestic humanitarian (...)
How can we support the new union movement? Steven Parfitt reflects on the successes and pitfalls of grassroots union organising.
Jeremy Corbyn wants to reconnect Labour with working-class people. He and John McDonnell have put together a 20-point plan, covering everything from trade union law (...)
By failing to challenge his views, Sky News acts as a recruiting sergeant for Tommy Robinson
When the history of the far-right revival is written, the judgment cast on the British media will be deservedly brutal. Last night, it was the turn of Sky News to play what could be called the game of (...)
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