Are shortlists shortchanging BME and women candidates?
Recently, there have been calls for an All Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) shortlist to complement Labour’s All-Women Shortlists. At…
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This government has a lot to answer for when it comes to food poverty
Nothing quite characterises the levels of poverty in austerity Britain better than the dramatic growth in the use…
In 100 days we can vote for the change Scotland badly needs
Scotland badly needs change. We can’t wait any longer for it. In 100 days we will have the…
Syriza’s victory? I’ve got mixed feelings
I don’t share the unalloyed delight about Syriza’s victory in Greece, and the sense that there are lessons…
Only by understanding the Holocaust can we adequately tackle modern-day intolerance
Seventy years on from the liberation of Auschwitz–Birkenau, it is more important than ever to remember the Holocaust.…
Syriza’s historic win: A wake up call to Europe
This article is written by Giampi Alhadeff and Don Brind An American friend calls. He’s heard the Greeks are…
The next chapter in Labour’s internationalist story
Internationalism, a movement advocating greater economic and political cooperation among nations for the benefit of all, has been…
Pride will come before a fall
Hubris. Such a good word. Outrageous pride that will lead, almost inevitably, to nemesis – punishment and defeat.…
Meet Nigel Farage: what UKIP really think about the NHS
The fact that UKIP is more Tory than the Tories has been often stated. Nowhere is it more clear that this statement is…
Labour and Oxfam are in total agreement about tackling inequality
This year, Oxfam’s Winnie Byanyima was one of the six chairs of the World Economic Forum in Davos,…
