Editorial
Stand by our firefighters
Fire Minister Brandon Lewis probably had a fair idea what Sir Ken Knight would deliver when he asked him to conduct an "independent" report into fire and rescue services in England.
The Way I See It
The shipyard painter, political activist and razor-sharp cartoonist Bob Starrett has just written a new book The Way I See It on his eventful life and times. Below we reprint one of his stories and review an essential read
Features
Great empires
Monday 19 December 2005
STEVE McGIFFEN explains why the current drive to airbrush the political and physical abuses of past empires out of European history is just a dangerous propaganda exercise.
Red Eye
Saturday 17 December 2005
Britain's only socialist TV critic reviews a week on the box.
Bolivia stands on the eve of a new dawn
Saturday 17 December 2005
JOHN HUNT reports from the country on the hopes and fears of a long-exploited people.
Wired
Saturday 17 December 2005
JAMES EAGLE discovers the choicest morsels on the world wide web.
Future of transport
Saturday 17 December 2005
KEN LIVINGSTONE argues that the key to encouraging more people to use public transport is by making it more reliable and open to all.
Battle for Wales is on
Friday 16 December 2005
ROY JONES reports on Welsh Labour's shameful capitulation to a gang of Westminster MPs.
Holding firm
Friday 16 December 2005
FOREIGN BRIEFING: RONNIE HALL reports from the WTO in Hong Kong.
The case for Sinn Fein to sit at Westminster
Friday 16 December 2005
PAUL DONOVAN wonders whether Sinn Fein should reverse its abstentionist policy at Westminster and actively take up its five seats.
In jail for saying No to killing
Friday 16 December 2005
DIDI ROSSI and GIORGIO RIVA give an update on gay Kurd Mehmet Tarhan, who is languishing in a Turkish prison for refusing military service.