An ambitious and enjoyable inquiry into what we mean by new is marred by a lack of materialist analysis and anti-communist bias, suggest MARTIN HALL
Martin Hall


MARTIN HALL passes time in the sanguine company of a traditional conservative, recalling their disastrous governments

As Starmer hints at closer ties, MARTIN HALL warns of the dangers of creeping alignment and calls for a renewed socialist case for independence from Brussels, especially over the EU’s constraints on economic planning

MARTIN HALL admires a remarkable film that concentrates on the human impact of gender dysphoria

MARTIN HALL steps gingerly through a work of French political theory, picking out the gems

Until such time as a new parliamentary vehicle for the working class emerges, socialists should continue to vote Labour, argues MARTIN HALL