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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.
Membership of the EU, Scottish independence, electoral reform… Alex Hern looks at David Cameron’s inconsistency on whether referendums are good or not.
Euroscepticism is on the rise in the Conservative party, not in decline, meaning this will not be Cameron’s much sought after Clause IV moment.
Labour London Mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone writes about his campaign against poor private housing in London.
Protesters are today demanding the resignation of HMRC boss Dave Hartnett for his role in approving deals that allow big companies to avoid billions in tax.
Alex Hern details UKIP leader Nigel Farage’s hypocrisy in accusing other parties of being bought off by EU money.
While the Commons referendum vote is unlikely to pass, at the very least, the issue of Europe has been brought into the media, but does anybody in Britain really care?
Ed Jacobs details the latest developments in the SNP’s campaign for Scottish independence, reporting on Alex Salmond’s speech to the SNP conference at the weekend.
Tony Burke warns of the coalition’s attempts to reduce the electoral roll by three million left wing voters under the guise of allowing people to be left alone.
Michael Morgan Giles argues that Labour needs to do more to support the cause of freedom.
Rupert Read argues that the pro-Assad useful idiots at Medialens has let its anti-American dogma put it on the wrong side of the Arab Spring.
