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Opinion: Workplace Struggles and Plans for Government Must Go Hand in Hand
by James Meadway
Unite’s new general secretary Sharon Graham has promised to prioritise industrial struggle over internal Labour politics. This is a good thing, argues James Meadway – but the post-Corbyn left shouldn't altogether turn its back on aspirations of running the country.

Analysis: Vaccine Passports Aren’t Just Unfair, They Don’t Work
by James Meadway

Analysis: Bitcoin’s Wild Fortnight Is a Reminder of Why Crypto Won’t Replace Conventional Currencies Any Time Soon
by James Meadway

Analysis: Scramble for the Arctic: How Greenland Became the Frontier of a New Trade and Tech War
by James Meadway

Analysis: So Far, the Tories’ ‘Green Industrial Revolution’ Is Pure PR. This Year They Have an Opportunity to Change That
by James Meadway

Analysis: Vaccine Passports Could Be a Dystopian Nightmare
by James Meadway

Analysis: After All the Hype Over Budget 2021…That’s It?
by James Meadway

Live: Starmer’s Reboot Speech

Analysis: The Rich Are Skipping the Vaccine Queue. What Are We Going to Do About It?
by James Meadway

Analysis: Big Tech’s Mission to Replace the Banks Will End in Tears
by James Meadway

Opinion: Sunak’s Spending Review Is a Drop of Water in a Desert – the Left Must Demand More
by James Meadway

Live: Sunak’s Spending Review
With a public sector pay freeze and cuts to foreign aid, has Rishi Sunak’s spending review shown him to be a typical Tory class warrior? With Michael Walker, Ash Sarkar and James Meadway.

Analysis: The Rest of the World is Having a Trade Deal Party and Brexit Britain Isn’t Invited
by James Meadway

Analysis: The Covid-19 Vaccine Won’t Work If Everything Else Stays the Same
by James Meadway

Analysis: Austerity Might Be Over, But Everything is Still Terrible
by James Meadway
In the wake of Covid-19, governments worldwide are spending at levels unprecedented outside of wartime. But ending austerity on the Tories’ terms will not herald a new era of public munificence in the UK, argues James Meadway.

Live: Sunak’s Screeching U-Turn
Rishi Sunak has annnounced an extension to the furlough and, once again, the realities of covid have forced the government into another screeching U-turn. Do the Tories still lack a strategy for dealing with the virus? Plus: Trump’s bizarre twitter vids and Number 10’s new spokesperson. With Michael Walker, Dalia Gebrial and James Meadway.
