Sunak’s ill wind
A Tory split over onshore wind threatens to blow Sunak off course, says John Westmoreland
- Written by John Westmoreland
- Category: Analysis
Cop27: From a fragile win to a wasted year
Elaine Graham-Leigh looks at the results of the Cop27 conference in Egypt, and argues that lack of action on climate change is not accidental, but a result of failings in the system
- Written by Elaine Graham-Leigh
- Category: Analysis
Trump’s losing hand?
The US elections were a rebuff for the former president but showed no enthusiasm for the current one. Terina Hine argues this reflects the impasse of US politics and a failure of the left
- Written by Terina Hine
- Category: Analysis
There is no ‘fiscal black hole’
Tory claims of a ‘fiscal black hole’ in government finances is designed to intimidate workers into taking pay cuts, argues John Westmoreland
- Written by John Westmoreland
- Category: Analysis
Where is Germany’s Die Linke heading?
Leandros Fischer assesses the roots of the political crisis engulfing Germany’s Die Linke and its significance for the European left
- Written by Leandros Fischer
- Category: Analysis
US Midterms: politics heading for deadlock
The Democrats in the US avoid the ‘blowout’, but Biden will be paralysed and likely to turn to foreign aggression in compensation, argues Terina Hine
- Written by Terina Hine
- Category: Analysis
Very nasty people with very nasty politics
Kevin Ovenden analyses the Gavin Williamson affair and the bitter divisions which now wrack the Tory party
- Written by Kevin Ovenden
- Category: Analysis
Goods, labour and markets: the politics of immigration
Capitalism creates displacement, and the left must be for equality of movement and the freedom of sending-countries, argues Hannah Cross
- Written by Hannah Cross
- Category: Analysis
Denmark: the happy social democrat model?
Michael Roberts analyses the decline of the social democratic model following the centre-left's victory in the Danish elections
- Written by Michael Roberts
- Category: Analysis
University dispute: a massive mandate for action
UCU members in universities nationally have voted overwhelmingly to strike
- Written by Counterfire UCU members
- Category: Analysis
The IMF’s ‘solutions’ to the cost-of-living crisis
The IMF’s report on the inflation crisis prescribes an assault on working-class living standards, which must be resisted, argues John Clarke
- Written by John Clarke
- Category: Analysis
Palestine on fire
Israel is conducting a brutal crackdown on Palestinian communities, largely to media silence, but resistance is growing again, reports Don Davies
- Written by Don Davies
- Category: Analysis