The campaign against the Bank of England’s ongoing theft of Venezuelan gold is gaining support across the labour movement and beyond, writes MATT WILLGRESS
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Broadband supply: public money for private ineptitude
The Tories screwed up the energy market by artificially boosting phoney competition with lots of little firms that went bust and had to be bailed out — incredibly, they are now doing the same for broadband, reports SOLOMON HUGHES
Broadband installation has tended to favour wealthier urban areas
The new Prime Minister must abandon decades of automatic support for US foreign policy, which makes us all less safe, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP
Claims that Nicaragua has abolished elections followed a headline that stripped Daniel Ortega’s remarks of their historical and political context. The full speech tells a different story, says BECCA RENK FOSTER
Media Lens at 25: David Cromwell and David Edwards reflect on a quarter-century of media criticism, explaining why independent journalism is more important than ever
MAT COWARD introduces some of the electoral oddballs of the political fringe who remain one of the liveliest features of British democracy, despite efforts to abolish them
by Weyman Bennett and Maz’s family
WHEN big corporations supplying critical services exploit their dominant positions, there are two common solutions: from the left, public ownership, and from the centre and right, “more competition.”
The “more competition” plan was tested in energy supply: instead of bringing lower prices and more choice, “more competition” just let a load of spivs cash in while the public was left with a £6 billion-plus bill. Now it looks like the same might be happening in broadband supply.
In energy, the government and the regulator Ofgem were under pressure over the behaviour of the big six energy suppliers. Many felt the top energy firms used their dominance to overcharge customers and generally treat them badly.
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