MP’s second jobs are institutionalised bribery. They should be banned.
‘Preventing MPs from selling their souls to the highest bidder is a necessary step in democratising parliament.’
Prem Sikka
How our democracy has been hijacked by corporations and wealthy elites
The only effective remedy is to ban all private donations, or bribes, to political parties.
Labour’s drift to the right could risk Keir Starmer being a one-term prime minister
The government’s honeymoon has been short lived.
The government shouldn’t pin all of its hopes for economic growth on the finance industry
Such a strategy was tried in 1970s and came to grief in the mid-1970s secondary banking crash.
Whatever happened to the ‘rule of law’ in the UK?
Even if people can get access to the courts, at best they will get an interpretation of law, not justice.
Excessive deregulation means that the UK is hurtling towards the next crash
Deregulation creates opportunities for bankers to take reckless risks with other people’s money, collect bonuses and destabilise economies.
Why we need to urgently reform the House of Lords
The UK and Lesotho are the only two countries to have an entirely unelected parliamentary chamber.
The privatised water industry shows how the British economy is rife with predatory practices
‘With the full approval of the state, too many industries are dominated by organisations of dubious practices, if not downright criminal activities.’
The budget has missed an opportunity to create a fairer tax system, reduce inequalities and boost people’s purchasing power
The government will need to abandon Tory economic policies, redistribute income and wealth, eradicate poverty, strengthen worker rights, and take essential services in public ownership.
The Chancellor must use the budget to abandon neoliberal policies
Chancellors come and go but the crisis has deepened because they have all become slaves to neoliberal dogmas