All the evidence shows voters want Labour to shift to the left — but initial signs from Andy Burnham are worrying on that front, cautions DIANE ABBOTT
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Time to complete the democratic revolution
Statement by the Communist Party of Britain executive committee
POMP: The imperial state crown is carried from the Palace of Westminster following the state opening of Parliament in London
ANDY McDONALD MP says Labour must show it is capable of delivering real improvements in people’s lives — bold action is required
ANGUS REID and ANDREW JOHNSTONE report on an initiative that we must take this summer
ALLISON FEWTRELL on what Plaid Cymru's historic election victory means for the communities being failed by Wales’s housing crisis, and four things the new government can do right now
France Insoumise MP JEROME LEGAVRE speaks to Christophe Domec on building the Europe-wide peace movement that came together in the International Conference Against War last weekend
At last weekend’s International Conference Against War, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER talks to the Palestinian physician and politician about the struggles ahead to achieve a truly free Palestine
A CHANGE of head of state without a single vote being cast is an ideal opportunity to begin a debate not only on the left and in the labour movement, but also among the wider public, on Britain’s constitutional arrangements.
Can we really be satisfied that two of the three major pillars of the political power structure alongside the Westminster Parliament are unelected, namely, the head of state and the House of Lords?
It’s long past the time to complete the democratic revolution that began in the 1640s and was reversed by the 1688 counter-revolution, which consolidated the restoration of the monarchy, the House of Lords and the established Church of England.
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