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We will be returning on Monday 5th January with more hard-hitting news and comment, written by and for the UK left.
Amanda Ramsay reports on the campaign for an elected Mayor for Nottingham, ahead of today’s referendum.
With an elected Mayor, will Sheffield bring more influence to bear when dealing with government and investors?
Malcolm Clark presents a simple guide to voting in today’s London Assembly and Mayoral elections.
Politicos who value local democracy should take some time to think about how mayoral politics can be made more worthy of the name, writes Ellie Cumbo.
It was reveled today that Alex Salmond will appear before the Leveson Inquiry as the first minister refused to tell MSPs if he’d been hacked, reports Shamik Das.
Tony Burke, Assistant General Secretary of Unite, writes about Liverpool workers’ fight for justice against sack-happy Mayr-Melnhof Packaging.
Reuben Balfour-Brown, a researcher at the Institute for Public Policy Research, fact checks the latest Daily Mail dodgy science on wind farms changing the weather.
After another incidence of “wilful blindness” (in the case of Rupert Murdoch and phone hacking) it’s time to change corporate law, writes Cormac Hollingsworth.
Joss Garman reports on climate sceptic report author Indur Goklany, who is linked to a number of oil industry funded US lobby groups.
Shamik Das reports on The Sun’s disgraceful front page today mocking new England manager Roy Hodgson.
