The Tories’ Lobbying Bonanza
This week’s Tory Party conference featured a perp walk of corporate ghouls – from public service privatisers to gig economy scammers and arms industry lobbyists – rubbing shoulders with government ministers.
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Solomon Hughes
Solomon Hughes has been writing about corporate influence in politics for twenty years, mostly for Private Eye. He also has a weekly column in the Morning Star.
The Lib Dems’ New Friends
Anti-abortion, anti-gay marriage, anti-immigrant – the Liberal Democrats’ new recruits are anything but liberal.
Priti Patel: Right-Wing Zealot
Commentators have hailed Priti Patel as part of Boris Johnson’s ‘modern cabinet.’ But her politics are driven by nostalgia for the very worst of the Thatcher era.
The Same Old Lib Dems
The Liberal Democrats are posing as a ‘progressive’ alternative to Labour. But their leading lights are as pro-austerity as ever.
What Can We Expect from Boris Johnson?
Favours for wealthy donors, white elephant vanity projects and a carousel of controversies. Welcome to Boris Johnson, PM.
There’s No Such Thing as a Nice Tory
Whether they’re Cameroons or Brexiteers, every single Tory leadership candidate is implicated in a decade of policies that tore Britain’s social fabric apart. None of them deserve to be Prime Minister.
Yesterday’s People
No policies, no ideas, no substance: Chuka Umunna’s Independent Group is a tantrum thrown by careerists who found their avenues of progression closed off.