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23 December, 2025 (5 days ago)

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The NHS is referring fewer patients to private hospitals – good riddance

Kane Shaw
6 August, 2018

Fewer referrals from NHS hospitals to private ones is generally good news. But we should keep vigilant, National Health Action Party’s Kane Shaw argues.

This fascist group attacked a bookshop – it should sound as a warning to us all

Joana Ramiro
6 August, 2018

A socialist bookshop got ransacked by an openly “anti-left” group of Tommy Robinson supporters on Friday evening. And if we don’t organise now, this could be the future.

As Brexit quickly unravels – let’s give it a final tug

Manuel Cortes
6 August, 2018

Prominent left-wing figures are touring the country arguing against the government’s chaotic Brexit plans. Trade union leader Manuel Cortes explains why.

Green Party leadership candidate in antisemitism storm over Gaza video

Josiah Mortimer
3 August, 2018

A prominent anti-racism campaign has accused a Green leadership candidate of antisemitism after a video resurfaced of a controversial speech.

Sorry, BBC: I will no longer debate climate-change deniers

Rupert Read
3 August, 2018

The day the charade of ‘balance’ had to stop.

The far right see Brexit as a Trojan horse for their politics – and Tories have opened the door

Eloise Todd
3 August, 2018

The US far right’s links to senior Brexiteers aren’t coincidental: fragmenting the continent is the first step towards fostering extremist politics.

Why young people should be leading the push for a ‘People’s Vote’

Ruth Wilkinson
3 August, 2018

With a catastrophic Brexit outcome looming, Britain’s youth need to get organised.

Too many bean-counters: How an ‘accounting curse’ is hurting the UK economy

Prem Sikka
2 August, 2018

Does the UK really need 360,000 accountants?

Here’s how the housing market could work for everyone

Tom Knight
1 August, 2018

We could reconcile the housing interests of different groups, so that the market works for property owners and people who do not own houses but desperately want to.

Nurses demand union leaders stand down in row over pay deal

Charlotte England
1 August, 2018

With the NHS pay deal failing to deliver what it promised, thousands of nurses have lost faith in their union.

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