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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attends a press conference in Berlin, Germany, March 10, 2026
Eyes Wright / 12 March 2026
12 March 2026

Tens of thousands of students left their classrooms and took to the streets against conscription and rising military spending. NICK WRIGHT reports from Berlin

 06/05/23 of The Duke of York departs Westminster Abbey, London, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office and is in police custody. Issue date: Thursday February 19, 2026
Eyes Wright / 26 February 2026
26 February 2026

With our ruling class struggling to secure a new vehicle for power and the disintegration of the traditional party system, a volatile new chapter is opening, sharpened by war, austerity and electoral distortion, argues NICK WRIGHT

A Live Facial Recognition (LFR) van is deployed on Briggate in Leeds, as West Yorkshire Police use the facial recognition technology for the first time in Yorkshire, November 11, 2025
Features / 28 January 2026
28 January 2026

As Labour plans a centralised National Police Service, the resignation of a chief constable over the Maccabi football ban reveals how policing, technology and narrative management converge when public order and class power are at stake, says NICK WRIGHT

Berlin Cathedral is covered by snow in Berlin, Germany, January 9, 2026
Germany / 15 January 2026
15 January 2026

NICK WRIGHT returns to Berlin and finds a city in darkness and political turmoil

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, July 14, 2025
Eyes Wright / 1 January 2026
1 January 2026

Labour’s decline, Tory exhaustion and the advance of Reform UK signal the end of stable two-party rule, with British politics entering a volatile new phase, says NICK WRIGHT

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer departs 10 Downing Street, London, to attend Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament. Picture date: Wednesday December 17, 2025
Politics / 18 December 2025
18 December 2025

Opinion polls point to electoral collapse, parliamentary rebellion and a looming leadership challenge as Starmer’s Labour haemorrhages working-class support and the far right exploits the vacuum left by a hollowed-out party, says NICK WRIGHT

CHALLENGES AHEAD: Jeremy Corbyn at the launch of Your Party at Liverpool ACC at the weekend
Features / 4 December 2025
4 December 2025

As the new party emerges from its founding conference with a bold socialist identity, its future hinges on whether it can provide the organisational clarity needed to turn class sentiment into class power, argues NICK WRIGHT

MAKING INROADS: Zack Polanski has been rising in the opinion polls
Features / 20 November 2025
20 November 2025

While the Greens have won popularity for their call for a wealth tax, it’s unclear whether they’d be willing to break with the most powerful forces of capitalism, argues NICK WRIGHT

A Remembrance tribute planted by Defence Secretary John Healey, during a service to mark the opening of the three House of Commons Gardens of Remembrance, in New Palace Yard, Westminster, November 3, 2025
History / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025

As Armistice Day approaches, with the far right hoping to use it to promote their own form of ‘patriotism,’ NICK WRIGHT considers the nature of conflicts in the 20th and 21st centuries and the different ways they should be remembered

People protest against the participation of the Israeli national team in the 2026 Soccer World Cup qualification match against Italy being played in the evening in Udine, Italy, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025
Southern Europe / 23 October 2025
23 October 2025

Italian unions are mobilising against rearmament and for wages and investment – but left blunders still leave the ‘post-fascist’ Italian PM looking likely to keep her job, says NICK WRIGHT

RIGHT ANGER, WRONG ANSWER: Faversham’s small anti-migrant demo assembles, Sunday October 5 2025
Features / 9 October 2025
9 October 2025

Once again, our broad-based coalition outnumbered the anti-migrant protest in Faversham, but tackling the sentiment behind this wave of anger requires explaining the real reasons pushing millions into leaving their homelands, argues NICK WRIGHT

Protesters march as they participate in a demonstration part of a nation-wide protest and general strike against the war in Gaza, in Bologna, Italy, September 22, 2025. Photo: Guido Calamosca/LaPresse via AP
Features / 25 September 2025
25 September 2025

NICK WRIGHT reports from Italy, where 80 cities saw Gaza strikes as unions paralysed transport and massive crowds clashed with police in Milan — but France is also kicking off, and Westminster, in a very different way, is facing a crisis of legitimacy too