UKIP’s challenge to Cameron and the EU
Given our preoccupation with our general elections on May 11, we can be excused for having largely ignored the shock results in the recent local council elections in the UK.…
No-deal Brexit
While there has been tension between Paris and Berlin over how hard to push the UK in this last, crucial stage of negotiations over fish quotas and an oversight body…
Hail Britannia
IN Freedom at Midnight, that cheery ode to empire, we read that the natives have made a mess of things. Just a month after Independence, Nehru and Patel throw themselves…
Crackdown on refugees
The world is pulsing with hundreds of millions of people desperate to flee their homes under the weight of the crisis of world capitalism. According to a recent Gallup study,…
The Corbyn factor
British voters have declared their verdict. They prefer a hung parliament instead of giving a clear majority to Conservatives. It was a devastating night for Prime Minister Theresa May, who…
The great gamble
Never believe the British press projecting the Conservative Party on the path to win a landslide victory. That was the only thing on my mind as I got the task…
Banking on Corbyn
Despite the machinations of oligarchs, vitriolic attacks by war-mongers and ruthless propaganda by the corporate media against Jeremy Corbyn, he has been successful in revitalising the dormant Labour Party, helping…
Britain votes
On the eve of the general elections and in the post-Brexit scenario, the island of Britain has undergone an unpleasant awakening. This can be evidenced from the popularity of Ukip,…
Mightier than the sword
Marine Le Pen’s first-round victory in France’s general elections – the final outcome of which will be decided in the May 7 run-off – is sending shivers down the spines…
Regretxit
I’m depressed. I’m not even British but I’m still despondent after the result of the Brexit vote. It’s not the economics of it. Sure, the fallout is massive – the…
