Trump’s escalation against Venezuela is about more than oil, it is about regaining control over the ‘natural’ zone of influence of the United States at a moment where its hegemony is slipping, argues VIJAY PRASHAD
Beware ‘Santa Sunak’ and his temporary gifts
Communist Party general secretary ROBERT GRIFFITHS comments on the Budget and Spending Review
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak during a visit to Fourpure Brewery in Bermondsey, London, after he delivered his Budget to the House of Commons
Evidence suggests Lammy’s proposals would come at a high cost: reduced fairness, diminished trust and greater racial inequality in the criminal justice system, argue TARA LAI QUINLAN and KATHARINA KARCHER
From the workhouses of the 1840s to today’s market capitalism, A Christmas Carol remains a sharp critique of charity rationed by class, says KEITH FLETT
The argument for a “significant expansion” of nuclear power will deliver soaring electricity prices that condemn underserved communities to unending hardship and poverty, argues LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The new plan sets out an uncompromising bid for global dominance, casting even allies as obstacles to be subdued, writes DIANE ABBOTT
As we approach the half-anniversary of the Grenfell tragedy, the community gathers to remember loved ones while grappling with mixed emotions surrounding the ongoing deconstruction of the tower and the hopeful plans for a memorial, writes EMMA DENT COAD
HOT on the heels of his speech at the Conservative Party conference, Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s campaign for the party’s leadership and 10 Downing Street continues.
His Budget address was more like an election address, bigging himself up with bogus generosity wrapped up in a giant but as yet blank invoice.
He made much of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s uprating of this year’s economic growth rate in Britain to 6.5 per cent. It’s not difficult to achieve a much higher rate than last year’s peak-Covid level.
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