This was originally published today on Critical Legal Thinking. On August 18th, the youtube channel ‘molucca Red,’ ‘[t]he only fully authorised GG channel,’ posted ‘Good night with George Galloway (Episode 5).’ This episode featured Galloway discussing various…
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Revealed: The £93m City lobby machine | The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Revealed: The £93m City lobby machine | The Bureau of Investigative Journalism The Bureau’s investigation found that the City of London Corporation – the Square Mile’s local authority – is the lobby outfit with the…
Europe’s largest economic failure is not in Greece – but in the UK, Italy and Spain
With the European Union (EU) heading into a double dip recession, even before the peak level of GDP of the previous business cycle has been regained (Figure 1), it is evident that the solutions adopted…
When British thieves and French thieves fall out – the Anglo-French governmental dispute in perspective
The French and British authorities are engaged in a war of words over which country will be first to be downgraded by the credit ratings agencies. At least the hostilities are purely verbal – these…
UK-US ‘special relationship’ is alive and well – it runs from City of London to Wall St. | Nick Shaxson
UK-US ‘special relationship’ is alive and well – it runs from City of London to Wall St. | Nick Shaxson Wisdom abounds that one of the many outcomes of Cameron’s Veto over the EU Summit…
EU Summit Is Another Failure for ‘Austerity’
The outcome of the EU summit has widely been hailed in the British media as a triumph for David Cameron. It is rare that a complete rupture and isolation in multi-party negotiations is regarded as…
29/11/11 – A turning point in British history | Paul Mason
29/11/11 – A turning point in British history | Paul Mason Paul Mason on good form talking about the “Autumn Statement”. And don’t kid yourself that Britain is somehow immune, either, from the “government by…
Fundamental economic implications of a single European currency
This article was written by John Ross in 1996 at a time when political debates in Britain, stimulated by the beginning of the process to create the single currency after the Maastrict Treaty, were focused…
Economic downturn even worse in UK than Eurozone – due to government deficit cutting policies
One of the more factually inaccurate pictures being spread by supporters of the policies of the present UK government – with its priority to budget deficit reduction – is that UK economic performance during the…
Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class – Part Three
This is the third part of a three part review of Owen Jones’ book, Chavs: The Demonisation of the Working Class. Part 1 was published on Tuesday and Part 2 was published yesterday. Click here…
Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class – Part Two
This is the second part of a three part review of Owen Jones’ book, Chavs: The Demonisation of the Working Class. Part 1 was published yesterday, and the concluding part will appear tomorrow. Book Review: Owen…
Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class – Part One
This is the first of a three part analysis of Owen Jones’ book Chavs. The second part will be published tomorrow, with the concluding part appearing on Thursday. All three can be read here. Book…
When Capitalists Come a Knocking: UK Health Reform Bill is Privatisation Through the Front Door
It is clear that the Health Reform Bill, which is going through its final stages in the UK at the moment, is being used by the Tories as a means to privatise the NHS. While…
Gilmore is Adamant: He Will Continue to Destroy All Hope “There is no doubt about that. That will be done”
“There is no doubt social welfare spending has to come down. Joan Burton has already done a huge amount of work on addressing the area of welfare fraud and overclaiming,” “She gave the Government a…
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