The greatest threat to democracy may no longer come from political parties but from unelected tech oligarchs like Peter Thiel and his powerful Silicon Valley network, argues JOHN GREEN
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Mass militant opposition plus divisions within the ruling class over Brexit strategy could yet destabilise Johnson’s regime before the end of its five-year term, argues ROB GRIFFITHS
UNIFY STRUGGLES: NHS nurses and doctors London, during a ‘Hands off our NHS’ protest against Donald Trump, who was in town for a Nato summit
Today’s interconnected conflicts are enriching the arms industry while pushing the entire world towards permanent militarisation, argues ROGER McKENZIE
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The government’s Pip review looks like a carefully managed exercise in legitimising future cuts to disability support, argues Dr DYLAN MURPHY
The Tories introduced the 50% strike ballot threshold to make industrial action harder. MATT WRACK argues that a Labour government has no justification for leaving it on the statute book
IF THE recent declarations of Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price are anything to go by, it is tempting to exclaim: “We’re all Lexiteers now!”
Before and during his meeting with EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen on January 8, Johnson insisted that a post-Brexit trade deal must allow Britain’s rights to rescue failing industries with state aid; favour British business with public-sector procurement contracts; control UK fishing grounds; conduct an independent immigration policy, and exclude Britain from EU Court of Justice jurisdiction.
Chancellor Sajid Javid and the Prime Minister have also made clear their opposition to any substantial alignment with EU Single Market rules after this year’s transition period.
Von der Leyen and EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier have both claimed that all this will make the conclusion of a deal on future UK-EU relations all but impossible by Johnson’s end-of-year deadline.
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