Andy Burnham’s leadership will be judged on whether he charts a genuinely different course, argues BECK ROBERTSON
Our zombie economy shows the need for a wealth tax
How can we justify working people continuing to get less and less while the already rich get more and more, asks JON TRICKETT MP
Rishi Sunak gives a speech at the ‘bankers’ dinner’ at Mansion House, London
While Italy’s communist tradition remains fragmented and politically marginal, France’s party is attempting to re-establish itself as an independent force rooted in working-class organisation, says NICK WRIGHT
Critics of UBI underestimate both its political significance and its economic potential, writes BERT SCHOUWENBURG
As Ontario burns, campaigners are demanding action – not more pipelines, says DAVE McKEE
Innovation in biotechnology is changing how we conceive of meat, say ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT of SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
OCTOBER 31 is Halloween. The day when our blood runs cold as we move on from golden summer weeks into the wintery days to come.
It’s that time when our world is haunted by the ghouls, zombies and assorted monsters who emerge from their darkened hiding places.
How appropriate then that the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has chosen that day to emerge from his office deep in the darkened bowels of the Treasury to reward the bankers who themselves have done even more damage to the human spirit than Halloween’s most spooky apparitions.
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