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Tory education catch-up plan explodes on launchpad - CounterBlast
Gavin Williamson is maintaining his record as the worst Education Secretary in living memory, writes Sean Ledwith
No solution for Generation Rent: 95% mortgages will not fix the housing crisis - CounterBlast
As house prices continue to spiral, the new Tory plan isn't going to do anything to help young and working class people, argues Terina Hine
Sewell report: racist government exonerates itself over racism - CounterBlast
The facts show the pro-Tory report is in wilful denial about structural racism in the UK, writes Sean Ledwith
Labour backs Tory assault on democracy in Liverpool – CounterBlast
Labour’s backing of the Tory assault on local democracy underlines the need for the left to fight for a political alternative, argues Alex Snowdon
Pork barrel politics: the Tory plan to spend billions buying votes - CounterBlast
The sham Levelling Up Fund announced in the Budget is a plan to protect Tory rule rather than invest where the money’s needed, writes Terina Hine
Starmer’s shtick: Ruthless against the left, useless against the right - CounterBlast
Preoccupied with burying the politics of the Corbyn era, Starmer’s vacuous leadership is failing to offer a coherent alternative to the Tories, argues Alex Snowdon.
The vaccine is essential, but not a magic bullet - CounterBlast
Tory spin can create the false impression that vaccination allows us to exit lockdown within a few weeks, writes Alex Snowdon
Tories don’t actually care about your child’s mental health - CounterBlast
The government is using fake concern about lockdown learning as a smokescreen to justify another risky reopening of schools, argues Sean Ledwith
Starmer’s patriot games are a political dead end for Labour - CounterBlast
The last refuge of a scoundrel will never be fertile territory for the left, writes Sean Ledwith
100,000 reasons Johnson should resign in disgrace - CounterBlast
The Prime Minister is not fit for office and is directly responsible for the Covid catastrophe, argues Sean Ledwith
Covid19: the struggle to save lives means opposing this criminal government – CounterBlast
As UK deaths from Covid approach 100,000, we must never forget the political failures which led us here, argues Alex Snowdon
Tories are trying to blame us for their pandemic failures - CounterBlast
The moralising tone of ministers is a transparent attempt to deflect attention from their catastrophic incompetence, argues Sean Ledwith
Starmer: no leadership, no principles - CounterBlast
Sir Keir Starmer’s lack of opposition and support for the spy cops bill is letting the government get away with murder, writes Terina Hine
Covid Christmas crisis: Johnson’s Tories are a plague on all our houses – CounterBlast
A catalogue of mismanagement exposes an incapable government that must be removed, observes Alex Snowdon
The Tories’ addiction to profit threatens all our lives - CounterBlast
Boris Johnson is ending the year with the same clueless and inept style of leadership he started it, writes Sean Ledwith
Students must stand firm: Palestine solidarity is a duty not a crime – CounterBlast
The weaponisation of antisemitism could soon hit the campuses, warns Lucy Nichols
Johnson hopes vaccines will get him off the hook - CounterBlast
Frederick Engels, born 200 years, ago identified the type of disastrous policy pursued by the Johnson government during the pandemic, argues Sean Ledwith
Johnson reset explodes on the launchpad - CounterBlast
The overdue departure of Dominic Cummings will not change the incompetence and corruption at the heart of this Tory government, writes Sean Ledwith
This is a lockdown in name only – CounterBlast
As the infection rate, and deaths, continue to rise, the government’s poor excuse for a lockdown offers no solution, argues Alex Snowdon
Experts’ dissent reflects collapse of coronavirus consensus - CounterBlast
The rift which has opened up between the government and scientific advisors further amplifies Johnson’s negligence, argues Alex Snowdon.
Now it's official: Johnson is denying the science - CounterBlast
Boris Johnson’s briefing on the latest restrictions reveal only that the government is ignoring the science and has no plan, writes Terina Hine
We need a national lockdown, but that won’t be enough – CounterBlast
The lockdown needs to go national, but this needs to come with ramped up testing and other measures the government has failed to deliver, argues Alex Snowdon.
Starmer is colluding with Tories to unleash the spy cops - CounterBlast
The Labour Leader is jeopardising civil liberties in his pursuit of approval from the establishment, argues Sean Ledwith
Johnson's conference speech: an ode to crony capitalism - CounterBlast
In his speech to Tory party conference, Johnson offered no route out of the catastrophe his government is causing, argues Terina Hine
Boris Johnson's failures are to blame, not our 'complacency' - CounterBlast
The government is once again scapegoating ordinary people to cover its own failures, argues Alex Snowdon
Wheels are coming off the Johnson bandwagon - CounterBlast
Even his own MPs are now losing faith in the Prime Minister’s ability to manage the second wave of the pandemic, writes Sean Ledwith
Johnson's 'Lifelong Learning': all bluster and no solutions - CounterBlast
Boris Johnson's latest measure falls way short of the mark and will do nothing to stop the impending unemployment tsunami, argues Terina Hine
Stronger measures needed to stop second wave - CounterBlast
Rising case numbers show that the government is failing to act decisively on the pandemic, argues Alex Snowdon
Urgent action needed to stop resurgent virus - CounterBlast
With an alarming rise in the infection rate, radical measures are required to combat coronavirus, argues Alex Snowdon
Johnson’s latest pandemic plan is more moonshine than moonshot - CounterBlast
The Prime Minister who bungled the first wave of coronavirus cannot be trusted to tackle the second, suggests Sean Ledwith
The ongoing Covid19 testing fiasco - Counterblast
Many months of Tory government failures on testing and tracing are doing serious damage, writes Alex Snowdon
Johnson is floundering in a sea of incompetence - CounterBlast
As parliament returns, no one should believe Johnson’s promises of safety at school or work, argues Sean Ledwith
This town is a ghost town: government pushes re-openings amidst empty city centres - CounterBlast
Tory attempts to square the circle of profits and public safety are becoming increasingly desperate, argues Lucy Nichols
Another day, another U-turn: Boris Johnson is vulnerable - CounterBlast
Pressure from below has forced the Johnson government into crucial retreats on exam grades and face coverings, writes Sean Ledwith
Refugees are not the enemy, the Government is - CounterBlast
The Tory government are once again scapegoating vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers to cover up for their own failings, argues Lucy Nichols
‘Be sensible’ says Boris Johnson as he recklessly ends the lockdown - CounterBlast
While new Covid infections and deaths continue, it is disgraceful that the Tories are patronisingly telling
us
to be sensible, says Penny Hicks
Sacking Long-Bailey accelerates Labour’s drive to the right - CounterBlast
The sacking of the shadow cabinet’s only prominent socialist is a milestone in Labour’s move to the right, argues Alex Snowdon
Sacking Long-Bailey is a disgrace: it's proof Starmer is leading a witch-hunt against the left - CounterBlast 25 June
There can no longer be any doubt, Starmer is leading a witch-hunt against the left in Labour at a time when the Tories are in maximum disarray, writes Chris Nineham
Black people protesting racism are not thugs - CounterBlast 8 June
Johnson’s attempt to demonise protesters in Bristol reveals his true colours, argues Lucy Nichols
Cuts to care worker pay are disgraceful - Counterblast 7 June
The same care workers the Tories have been clapping are now having their pay cut in the middle of a pandemic, says Penny Hicks
40,000 deaths but Johnson pushes us back to work - CounterBlast 5 June
The awful milestone of 40,000 officially recorded deaths shows why the government is reckless in lifting the lockdown, writes Alex Snowdon
This crisis has exposed the Tory class for what they're really like - CounterBlast 21 May
Is there a day that goes by that you don't just groan at something stupid the Tories have done again?
The government keeps moving their own goalposts - CounterBlast 1 May
As the government fails its own tests and scrambles to ‘get the economy going again’, we must demand that people are put before profit, writes Cameron Panting
Workers take a minute's silence as defiance grows - CounterBlast 28 April
International Workers' Memorial Day actions are one more expression of growing workplace anger and popular solidarity with working people, writes Chris Nineham
A minute's silence that will speak volumes - CounterBlast 26 April
On International Workers' Memorial Day, we will remember the avoidable deaths of thousands caused by government incompetence, writes Chris Nineham
The Tories are the real criminals - CounterBlast 25 April
The government is doing everything it can to deflect from its own failures and blame anyone else, writes Lucy Nichols
The Tories' complete disengagement from what is needed - CounterBlast 24 April
The Tories couldn't even keep their own website for testing running for more then a couple of hours, how are they going to deliver 100,000 tests a day by next week?
Covid-19 testing: too little, too late - CounterBlast 23 April
Matt Hancock's trumpeting of new testing and tracing plans follows massive political failure on this critical issue, writes Alex Snowdon
How long can the government distort facts - CounterBlast 22 April
While the government continues to distort facts, labour movement outside parliament has started to bear fruits inside, says David McAllister
Tories fail to meet already inadequate standards - CounterBlast 21 April
The Tories have brought back their election spin team to cover up their hideous failings in this crisis, reports Shabbir Lakha
Tory thieves are falling out over the corona crisis: Counterblast 20 April
Sean Ledwith considers the tensions unfolding at the head of Government.
The government's callousness is clear for all to see - CounterBlast 19 April
Boris Johnson's government has blood on its hands, says Tom Griffiths
PPE: Tories are still failing our frontline workers - CounterBlast 18 April
The government is failing to deliver PPE while trade unions consider strike action to save lives, writes Lucy Nichols
Hang your head in shame, Hancock - CounterBlast 17 April
The NHS is not a charity, the Tories shouldn't be boasting about people crowdfunding for it, says Penny Hicks
Sir Keir Starmer’s deadly crusade: supporting big business and undermining unions - CounterBlast 15 April
Keir Starmer's "forensic" opposition amounts to siding with the government against unions and public health it seems, writes Katherine Connelly
The coronavirus care home crisis: this is what herd immunity looks like - CounterBlast April 14
The government's attitude to the elderly in care homes is unconscionable, argues Shabbir Lakha
Inadequate PPE is a national scandal - CounterBlast 10 April
As the death toll rises, the government comes under massive pressure to deliver PPE, reports Alex Snowdon
It's always us and them - CounterBlast 9 April
The tide is turning, with the public and even the press seeing through the Tory failings over Coronavirus, says Chrissy Brand
Centrism’s pyrrhic victory - CounterBlast 8 April
Bernie Sanders has suspended his campaign, but the conditions that gave rise to his popularity haven't gone away, argues Katherine Connelly
Evidence of the Government's neglect is mounting - CounterBlast 7 April
The death toll soars in Britain through neglect and incompetence as the US spitefully blocks aid to countries all over the world, reports Shabbir Lakha
We're not all in it together, your majesty - CounterBlast 5 April
The British state has rolled out its biggest weapon at this time of crisis in a clear ideological intervention, argues David McAllister
A Knight’s leadership heralds a return for the Labour right – CounterBlast 4 April
This grave result is at loggerheads with the dictates of our present reality, observes Alex Snowdon
It’s not business as usual, Secretary - CounterBriefing 1 April
Thanking business at this time is grossly insensitive and irresponsible, argues Katherine Connelly
The deadly Tory game of catch-up - CounterBriefing 31 March
The government are full of praise for citizens and health staff but their actions show them up, argues Shabbir Lakha
Staff and workers still remain exposed - CounterBriefing 30 March
The attempt to look competent by providing regular updates the government is just trying to hide its inadequacies, says David McAllister
Crisis management Tory style - CounterBriefing 29 March
Another day and another suit delivering the same excuses as the fear and anxiety mounts for the rest of us, writes Chrissy Brand
The government is prioritising protecting profits - CounterBriefing 28 March
The government should be reorienting production to the urgent needs during this crisis, but instead they’re interested in saving profits, argues Penny Hicks
The elephant locked in the room - CounterBriefing 27 March
From the inevitable effects of austerity to the prime minister falling ill, the Tories are going through a rough patch of exposing their own failings, writes Lucy Nichols
Sunak steps up to sell the self-employed short - CounterBriefing 26 March
Rishi Sunak replaced an increasingly haggard Boris Johnson to deliver a programme of woefully inadequate support for the millions of self-employed, reports Morgan Daniels
Protect the NHS? Call their bluff and we can win – CounterBriefing 25 March
Don’t underestimate the power of popular pressure at this moment, argues Katherine Connelly
As the coronavirus death toll rises, so does the government’s ineptitude - CounterBriefing 24 March
Despite the confident front, Boris's lockdown address is full of holes and the measures taken are inadequate and behind time, argues Shabbir Lakha
Boris Johnson's lacklustre lockdown skips key measures - CounterBriefing 23 March
Boris Johnson's lockdown is weeks late, only after public pressure, and ignores the central questions around testing and necessary support for millions, argues David McAllister
Message to the government: your friends, the super-rich, are the hoarders - CounterBriefing 21 March
The government is trying to deflect blame from its failings by blaming ordinary people for the shortages, argues Katherine Connelly
No more gambles, put people first - CounterBriefing 20 March
Our pressure on the government is working and we must push harder, argues Shabbir Lakha
Criminal negligence while the virus lets rip - CounterBriefing 19 March
In the second CounterBriefing, Chris Nineham looks at the verbal gymnastics of the government to cover its own back after its policy has been declared utterly impractical
Protest shut the schools, now demand mass testing - CounterBriefing 18 March
In the first CounterBriefing, Katherine Connelly responds to the government's u-turn on school closures after pressure from below