Getting back to the great outdoors The Woodcraft Folk was founded as a different form of youth organisation, with its founding principles rooted in co-operative, pacifist socialist ideas, writes STEVEN WALKER
Friday 03rd Sep 2021 We face a wave of cheap Taliban heroin Afghanistan currently supplies 90 per cent of the world’s illegal opium — but do not expect a crackdown the new fundamentalist government: it will be ramping up production for much-needed cash, warns STEVEN WALKER
Monday 16th Aug 2021 Do the Olympics actually promote sport – or are they just a circus for the rich and powerful? STEVEN WALKER says most of the claims made about the Olympics turn out to be false on further study – the Games do nothing for the working class or global South
Sunday 01st Aug 2021 Bishops against pawns Why are 26 seats in our legislature still reserved for a group from one single religion to vote with the Tories and oppose progressive reforms, asks STEVEN WALKER
Friday 30th Jul 2021 Negligence payouts: the cost of NHS cuts There has been a 30 per cent increase in claims against our health service in the past decade, costing our health service £2.4bn in 2019 alone, writes STEVEN WALKER
Monday 19th Jul 2021 Children’s mental ill-health: a symptom of poverty and inequality The current system of cutbacks and privatised services is set to fail another generation of some of the most vulnerable children in Britain, says STEVEN WALKER
Wednesday 09th Jun 2021 How Olympic ideals were corrupted by capitalism The motto of the games is 'faster, higher, stronger' underpinned by the values of 'excellence, respect and friendship' — but over time, money has eroded all these high-minded concepts, writes STEVEN WALKER
Tuesday 30th Mar 2021 The rotten stench of the City sewer STEVEN WALKER looks at how the actions of Britain’s leading banks have earned the City of London its reputation as the money-laundering capital of the world
Wednesday 24th Mar 2021 Opinion Horse racing is still off course on animal welfare As the sport rakes in millions during its high season, STEVEN WALKER warns that horse deaths will continue until authorities make meaningful safety reforms
Monday 05th Oct 2020 Greed and corruption behind a veneer of respectability STEVEN WALKER takes a look at the squalid – and sometimes criminal – dealings of the City of London
Wednesday 02nd Sep 2020 Trump might go but racism will remain While leftwingers everywhere are hoping for an end to the Trumpian era, voting him out is no panacea for the US’s deep-rooted problems, says STEVEN WALKER