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Analysis: The SNP Have Joined Forces With The Tories To Create ‘Green’ Scottish Tax Havens

Jonathon Shafi

The establishment of two new deregulated ‘freeports’ in Scotland is a rare example of agreement between Holyrood and Westminster – at the expense of workers’ rights.

NHS nurses march during a strike over pay in December. REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska

Opinion: The Tory Anti-Strike Laws Are About Disciplining the Working Class

Charles Umney and Ian Greer

Cracking down on strikes won't work, but it's a short term way for the government to show the market that workers can be marshalled to make bigger profits.

Image shows campaign leaflet issued by Tory MP Nicola Richards

Report: The Tories Are Ripping Off Green Party Branding For Their Election Leaflets

Zac Larkham

Tory MPs across the country have been accused of ‘greenwashing’ after distributing campaign materials that appear to use the Green party style guide and messaging. Zac Larkham reports.

Italian protesters burn bills in protest at expensive energy. Kontrolab/IPA/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect

Feature: These Were the Moments That Made 2022

Simon Childs, Rivkah Brown, Clare Hymer, Aaron Bastani, Moya Lothian-McLean & Keir Milburn

A look back at some highlights and lowlights from the past year.

Opinion: Travelling Across Poland Showed Me That Britain’s Economy Is Broken

Aaron Bastani

The UK is increasingly just a middle-income country with a smattering of rich people. Visit anywhere else in Europe and you’ll see what I mean, writes Aaron Bastani.

Workers protest outside Harrods. Photo: Unite

Report: Harrods is One of the First Companies to Use a New Tory Anti-Strike Law

Simon Childs

The Qatar-owned luxury department store pays its boss £2.3million, but offered security guards a 'pay cut dressed up as a rise'.

Cllr Andy Weatherhead at a rally outside the Greek Embassy in 2013 (left) and campaigning for the Conservative party (right). Photo: Hope Not Hate

Report: Tory Councillor Steps Down As Recording Reveals He Was ‘Admirer’ of Fascism

Simon Childs

Andy Weatherhead claimed he was associated with a fascist group ‘in the spirit of education and curiosity’, but in a recording he said, ‘I've always been an admirer of Benito Mussolini and Sir Oswald Mosley’.

05/05/2022. London, United Kingdom.The Prime Minister Boris Johnson hosts the Prime Minister's Business Council with The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Kwasi Kwarteng, The Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi and The Secretary of State for International Trade Anne-Marie Trevelyan. 10 Downing Street. Picture by Tim Hammond / No 10 Downing Street

Analysis: Wow! The Tories Are Planning to ‘Level Up’ Britain Again

James Morrison

Rishi Sunak’s overtures about ‘levelling up’ the ‘left behinds’ obscures who really needs help.

Report: Tory Councillor Attended Fascist Meetings ‘in the Spirit of Education and Curiosity’

Simon Childs

Councillor Andy Weatherhead has been suspended after a picture emerged of him wearing a fascist-style blackshirt.

Activists of Hindu nationalist group Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) shout slogans during a protest against the killing of seven Hindu pilgrims in a gunbattle that erupted in Kashmir on Monday, in New Delhi, India, July 12, 2017. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Analysis: Brace Yourselves for a ‘Hinduphobia’ Moral Panic

Ash Sarkar

British Indians aren’t switching to the Conservatives because of Hinduphobia – but that won’t stop the nationalist right using the phantom threat to divide minorities.

Analysis: The Tories Are Too Weak to Make Big Cuts Now, So They’ve Pushed Them Into the Future

James Meadway

The Tories know they are too weak to make unpopular cuts right now, writes James Meadway. But make no mistake, the politics of austerity still shaped the autumn statement.

Image shows David Lloyd, police and crime commissioner of Hertfordshire Constabulary, appearing on Nick Ferrari's LBC radio show.

Report: Police Commissioner Says Journalists Are ‘Part of the Problem’ After Arrest of Just Stop Oil Reporters

Moya Lothian-McLean

After Hertfordshire police detained journalists covering Just Stop Oil protests this week, the force’s commissioner has suggested the media should ‘reflect’ on giving activists ‘publicity’.

Analysis: No, Sunak Probably Won’t Close Labour’s Poll Lead

Ell Folan

The slick ex-banker will certainly dent the Labour lead, writes Ell Folan – but it’s unlikely he’ll be able to win a fifth term for the Tories.

A supporter of a strike by junior doctors holds a placard during a protest outside the Department of Health in London, Britain April 6, 2016.

Opinion: NHS Workers Are Striking to Save Lives

Dr Rita Issa & Alia Butt

As health workers gear up for a historic bout of strike action, doctors Rita Issa and Alia Butt trash the argument that they’re endangering patients.

a woman wearing a black v-neck dress and a gold necklace with blonde bobbed hair looks downcast

Long Read: The Tory Crisis Didn’t Start With Liz Truss and It Won’t End With Her

Jonas Marvin

Dominic Cummings warned a Truss premiership would be a ‘guaranteed fiasco’. But if the disaster lettuce has gone, the political decay that created her has not, writes Jonas Marvin.

Conservative leadership candidate Rishi Sunak's wife Akshata Narayan Murty at a hustings event

Analysis: Britain’s No-Growth Economy Means Politics Is Only Going to Get More Chaotic

Aaron Bastani

In the democratic era, economic growth has funded the policies both parties have used to generate consent. Now our economy is stagnating, we should only expect more instability, writes Aaron Bastani.

Analysis: The Tories’ Attack on Nature is Radicalising Birdwatchers

Clare Hymer

Are we going to see AK47-wielding RSPB paramilitaries? Perhaps not, but that doesn’t mean conservationists aren’t getting serious.

Opinion: Welcome to the Tory Death Spiral

Moya Lothian-McLean

The Tories are in crisis, but is this really anything new? Moya Lothian-McLean and James Butler unpick what's unprecedented and what isn't in the current Conservative meltdown.

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Analysis: The SNP Have Joined Forces With The Tories To Create ‘Green’ Scottish Tax Havens

Jonathon Shafi

Opinion: The Tory Anti-Strike Laws Are About Disciplining the Working Class

Charles Umney and Ian Greer

Report: The Tories Are Ripping Off Green Party Branding For Their Election Leaflets

Zac Larkham

Feature: These Were the Moments That Made 2022

Simon Childs, Rivkah Brown, Clare Hymer, Aaron Bastani, Moya Lothian-McLean & Keir Milburn

Opinion: Travelling Across Poland Showed Me That Britain’s Economy Is Broken

Aaron Bastani

Report: Harrods is One of the First Companies to Use a New Tory Anti-Strike Law

Simon Childs

Report: Tory Councillor Steps Down As Recording Reveals He Was ‘Admirer’ of Fascism

Simon Childs

Analysis: Wow! The Tories Are Planning to ‘Level Up’ Britain Again

James Morrison

Report: Tory Councillor Attended Fascist Meetings ‘in the Spirit of Education and Curiosity’

Simon Childs

Analysis: Brace Yourselves for a ‘Hinduphobia’ Moral Panic

Ash Sarkar

Analysis: The Tories Are Too Weak to Make Big Cuts Now, So They’ve Pushed Them Into the Future

James Meadway

Report: Police Commissioner Says Journalists Are ‘Part of the Problem’ After Arrest of Just Stop Oil Reporters

Moya Lothian-McLean

Analysis: No, Sunak Probably Won’t Close Labour’s Poll Lead

Ell Folan

Opinion: NHS Workers Are Striking to Save Lives

Dr Rita Issa & Alia Butt

Long Read: The Tory Crisis Didn’t Start With Liz Truss and It Won’t End With Her

Jonas Marvin

Analysis: Britain’s No-Growth Economy Means Politics Is Only Going to Get More Chaotic

Aaron Bastani

Analysis: The Tories’ Attack on Nature is Radicalising Birdwatchers

Clare Hymer

Opinion: Welcome to the Tory Death Spiral

Moya Lothian-McLean

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Analysis: The SNP Have Joined Forces With The Tories To Create ‘Green’ Scottish Tax Havens

Jonathon Shafi

Opinion: The Tory Anti-Strike Laws Are About Disciplining the Working Class

Charles Umney and Ian Greer

Report: The Tories Are Ripping Off Green Party Branding For Their Election Leaflets

Zac Larkham

Feature: These Were the Moments That Made 2022

Simon Childs, Rivkah Brown, Clare Hymer, Aaron Bastani, Moya Lothian-McLean & Keir Milburn

Opinion: Travelling Across Poland Showed Me That Britain’s Economy Is Broken

Aaron Bastani

Report: Harrods is One of the First Companies to Use a New Tory Anti-Strike Law

Simon Childs

Report: Tory Councillor Steps Down As Recording Reveals He Was ‘Admirer’ of Fascism

Simon Childs

Analysis: Wow! The Tories Are Planning to ‘Level Up’ Britain Again

James Morrison

Report: Tory Councillor Attended Fascist Meetings ‘in the Spirit of Education and Curiosity’

Simon Childs

Analysis: Brace Yourselves for a ‘Hinduphobia’ Moral Panic

Ash Sarkar

Analysis: The Tories Are Too Weak to Make Big Cuts Now, So They’ve Pushed Them Into the Future

James Meadway

Report: Police Commissioner Says Journalists Are ‘Part of the Problem’ After Arrest of Just Stop Oil Reporters

Moya Lothian-McLean

Analysis: No, Sunak Probably Won’t Close Labour’s Poll Lead

Ell Folan

Opinion: NHS Workers Are Striking to Save Lives

Dr Rita Issa & Alia Butt

Long Read: The Tory Crisis Didn’t Start With Liz Truss and It Won’t End With Her

Jonas Marvin

Analysis: Britain’s No-Growth Economy Means Politics Is Only Going to Get More Chaotic

Aaron Bastani

Analysis: The Tories’ Attack on Nature is Radicalising Birdwatchers

Clare Hymer

Opinion: Welcome to the Tory Death Spiral

Moya Lothian-McLean

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