As this Tory government comes to an end, it should be remembered for the torment it has caused.
Fourteen years of suffering
Tag: Brexit
The Tories, Brexit and the English people
The Trussterfuck didn’t last long but the impact will linger for a long time.
Johnson’s ‘levelling up’ agenda could end the era of neoliberalism in the UK but mark the start of something equally harmful
Back in 2010, when the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government began, austerity was the order of the day.
Get Boris done in
This text first appeared in the newly released Class War magazine.
Between the Covid spikes, the dark conservatism of Boris Johnson develops
Between the first two spikes of the Covid 19 pandemic, Boris Johnson’s true colours have started to appear.
The great realignment of British politics has begun. Where it ends cannot be foreseen.
When I started this column in 2016 the initial idea was to write a traditional politics column but from an anarchist perspective.
Brexit and the Borders of Humanity
Joe Reynolds writes on the phenomenon of the Calais migrant situation as he saw it in 2016, at the height of the media panic, amid Brexit manoeuvri…
For all the macho posturing, the British establishment is weak and fractured
The UK has a bullish prime minister with a strong majority in parliament.
The British general election of 2019 finally begins
As mentioned in a recent column and throughout Brexit, the divisions in the UK on membership of the European Union is a Conservative Party issue th…
The stability of the Brexit shambles
I wrote on many occasions during the Brexit process that the initial referendum was really an invitation from David Cameron for the British public …
Whatever the outcome of the present chaos, the far right will grow and we need to oppose them
Parliamentary chaos and the looming No Deal Brexit have emboldened the far right.
Johnson Prorogues Parliament: A Very British Coup?
Johnson has prorogued parliament, stripping parliamentary oversight at a key moment in order to force through his damaging no-deal Brexit plan.
The next UK election could be terrifying
If there’s a general election in 2019 I’m starting to feel really uneasy about it.
Notes on the Brexit Party, UKIP and the European elections
The Brexit Party and UKIP In the wake of the European Elections UKIP’s place in UK politics seems increasingly precarious.
We live under a box set regime
“Do you remember a few months ago when the government losing a vote was a really big deal?” That’s what a close friend said to me after the l…
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