How Labour chose to mark May Day in 1981 during the Republican hunger strike.
December 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
How Labour chose to mark May Day in 1981 during the Republican hunger strike.
Prompted by the heroic Palestine Action hunger strikers, I’ve been dipping into David Beresford’s book on the Republican hunger strike. This is how he opens chapter one. It’s very powerful.
December 17, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Prompted by the heroic Palestine Action hunger strikers, I’ve been dipping into David Beresford’s book on the Republican hunger strike. This is how he opens chapter one. It’s very powerful.
Starmer and the Labour right have managed to shake off a quarter of a million fleas and Farage is the major beneficiary of their strategy.
December 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Starmer and the Labour right have managed to shake off a quarter of a million fleas and Farage is the major beneficiary of their strategy.
He’s a patronising snob but it’s an interesting piece by Matthew Parris on the rise of the Greens.
December 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
He’s a patronising snob but it’s an interesting piece by Matthew Parris on the rise of the Greens.
This piece from The Times on train conductors has aged well.
November 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This piece from The Times on train conductors has aged well.
Paul Mason is likely to be remembered for the most complete political degeneration in the last fifty years of the British radical left.
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October 21, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Paul Mason is likely to be remembered for the most complete political degeneration in the last fifty years of the British radical left.
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Four Corners on the Roman Road, Bethnal Green is showing a small exhibition on Gaza which is well worth catching before it closes on Saturday.
October 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Four Corners on the Roman Road, Bethnal Green is showing a small exhibition on Gaza which is well worth catching before it closes on Saturday.
Looking forward to seeing ‘Allo Darlin’ tonight.
October 9, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Looking forward to seeing ‘Allo Darlin’ tonight.
A proud English shed.
September 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
A proud English shed.
The citizens of Windsor prepare to welcome Trump.
September 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The citizens of Windsor prepare to welcome Trump.
This surpasses anything Oswald Moseley ever achieved.
September 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This surpasses anything Oswald Moseley ever achieved.
It’s now inarguable that support for Labour is now support for a party which is enabling the eradication of the Palestinians.
September 9, 2025 at 6:50 AM
It’s now inarguable that support for Labour is now support for a party which is enabling the eradication of the Palestinians.
The new mayor of Belfast likes a fleg.
August 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
The new mayor of Belfast likes a fleg.
To paraphrase Brendan Behan. There is no condition of human misery that is not immediately made worse by the arrival of Tony Blair.
August 28, 2025 at 3:42 AM
To paraphrase Brendan Behan. There is no condition of human misery that is not immediately made worse by the arrival of Tony Blair.
As Vietnam gets ready to celebrate the 80th anniversary of its independence today seems to a special day for women. It’s striking that in some parts of the world people can show patriotism by dressing smartly, being cheerful and having fun.
August 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
As Vietnam gets ready to celebrate the 80th anniversary of its independence today seems to a special day for women. It’s striking that in some parts of the world people can show patriotism by dressing smartly, being cheerful and having fun.
Some flags are more likely to repel customers than attract them.
August 20, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Some flags are more likely to repel customers than attract them.
@economist.com reveals that the super rich get a kick out of having gold in their excrement.
August 17, 2025 at 3:47 AM
@economist.com reveals that the super rich get a kick out of having gold in their excrement.
Raising a glass to the heroes of the Vietnamese Revolution on the 50th anniversary of their defeat of American imperialism.
August 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Raising a glass to the heroes of the Vietnamese Revolution on the 50th anniversary of their defeat of American imperialism.
Peter Perrett, who wrote the most perfect song in the history of music, was among those arrested on Saturday.
August 11, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Peter Perrett, who wrote the most perfect song in the history of music, was among those arrested on Saturday.
Understandable. The only way I could get through an evening of Oasis would be to drink myself into oblivion as well.
August 1, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Understandable. The only way I could get through an evening of Oasis would be to drink myself into oblivion as well.
It’s only one ward election in Barking and Dagenham but Labour lost 26% of its vote and the Greens won 30%, not having previously stood. Labour is very vulnerable on its left.
August 1, 2025 at 7:44 AM
It’s only one ward election in Barking and Dagenham but Labour lost 26% of its vote and the Greens won 30%, not having previously stood. Labour is very vulnerable on its left.
Kevin Rowland gives Billy Bragg a verbal kneecapping over his reactionary views on the north of Ireland.
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July 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Kevin Rowland gives Billy Bragg a verbal kneecapping over his reactionary views on the north of Ireland.
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Matthew Syed is mainly worried to the reputational damage to the Israeli brand.
July 27, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Matthew Syed is mainly worried to the reputational damage to the Israeli brand.
Gradually, then suddenly even some of the most pro-Israel people in the British press are getting their excuses in.
July 27, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Gradually, then suddenly even some of the most pro-Israel people in the British press are getting their excuses in.