This has been a bit lost in the Brexit aftermath. But it is an important guide to the right-wing agenda which triumphed on 23rd June and has been gathering speed since 2010. The Land Registry, the public body which is effectively the state guarantor of land ownership...
Lindsay Mackie writes: The vote has happened. And, many millions of people voted to Leave for what they believed were good reasons, from knowledge that they, their families and neighbours and communities, were living precarious lives, subject to economic and social...
The picture in the window of this small, independent shop keeps the referendum message simple. We may each have different reasons for voting to remain in the EU, and that itself is the point. From the perspective of the New Weather Institute, whether you care about...
On the subject of immigration Brexit is like an advertising campaign to promote the national equivalent of body dysmorphia (anxiety related to a distorted view of the self). When it comes to handling influxes of people, much poorer countries like Ethiopia, the Lebanon...
Today Michael White, all-seeing political commentator on The Guardian, writes about the last gasp of Fleet St as the old media try to influence the Europe debate. Of the many things which have changed in Britain since the first European Referendum in 1975, cleaner...
From returning finance to useful economic and social purpose, to tackling climate change and reversing inequality, European-wide coordination is vital. The New Weather Institute argues the case here on the future of Europe on the BBC's World Business Report. The first...
We are very much remembering Jo Cox. Jo was a civilised, humane and thoughtful politician and we are desperately sorry that she has gone.
Why working parents need European solidarity to secure their rights. In the mid 1970s UK maternity leave arrangements were among the best in Europe. Progress ground to a halt in 1979 with the election of a Conservative Government, which immediately doubled the...
The writer and independent MP A. P. Herbert was walking along the Thames at Westminster in July 1940, the day France surrendered to the Nazis, when someone shouted at him from a barge: “Hurray! No allies!” The truth was that this idea, that Britain should no longer...