Lifeline to Freedom

Duncan Bowie on past welcomes for refugees The Czech Refugee Trust Fund in Britain by Charmian Brinson and Jana Barbora Buresova published by Valentine Mitchell  This...

Geothermal energy – a little known technology

Helen Goodman explains the benefits of decarbonising heat from underground Almost half the UK's energy demand is for heat. So decarbonising heat would be a...

Hungary’s tide turns against populist right

Andrew Ryder and András Schweitzer hail a landslide victory for democracy and the European Union in Hungary Election Viktor Orbán has lost the election in...

Geothermal energy – a little known technology

Helen Goodman explains the benefits of decarbonising heat from underground Almost half the UK's energy demand is for heat. So decarbonising heat would be a...

Hungary’s tide turns against populist right

Andrew Ryder and András Schweitzer hail a landslide victory for democracy and the European Union in Hungary Election Viktor Orbán has lost the election in...

Editorial

Editorial 339

Labour: democratic renewal and Labour left unity The current turmoil at the top of the Labour Party begs the question, where is the left in all of this? The...

Lack of ambition

Dave Levy examines a Fabian Tract* that falls short on Britain and Europe “Pressing reset, our future with the EU”, published by the Fabians, is...

Kids online all the time?

Rebekah Morton makes a plea for sensible social media policies and government investment in media literacy In December, Australia became the first country to ban...

Domestic Abuse, Labour Values and the Politics of Power

Sabia Kamali welcomes Labour's strategy to address gender-based violence but calls for sustainable funding and political consistency To work with women experiencing domestic abuse is...

Repression and intimidation mars Uganda election

Micheal Nelson Byaruhanga on Uganda’s costly vote, shutdowns and Museveni’s 50 years rule With 24 hours left to the presidential polling day in Uganda, 48-year-old...

Uxbridge not a bellwether

In the wake of the Uxbridge by-election Bryn Jones says Labour’s wobbling on green policies will not win it any votes

Driscoll affair echoes Livingstone

Will Jamie Driscoll’s departure be a repeat of the Livingstone London mayor fiasco? asks Trevor Fisher

Labour’s National Policy Forum must back proportional representation

The vast majority of CLPs support it, as do two-thirds of affiliated trade unions. So, will the NPF accept the case for PR? Maximilian Czekalski explains why it should

No time to stay silent

Margaret Owen asks why Starmer is ignoring the obvious ways to win the women’s vote

The waning of Françafrique

Nigel Watt on French Africa Colonialism Devours Itself by Gerard Prunier published by Hurst In 1945, France, briefly led by Charles De Gaulle, struggled to be...

No longer a joke

Duncan Bowie on Arctic geopolitics So You Want to Own Greenland? by Elizabeth Buchanan published by Hurst This book was published last September, before Donald Trump’s...

Heart of the matter

Mike Davis on fundamental questions of post-colonialism Liberation and Corruption: Why Freedom Movements Fail by Peter Hain published by Policy Press Peter Hain goes to the...

Reform reality

Cat Smith finds higher taxes, banned flags, chaos and care in crisis is the real world of Reform The English local elections of May 2025...