Gamekeeper turned poacher? Questions need to be asked about why a former chief nuclear inspector has been appointed to oversee safety at Hinkley Point power station
Friday 30th Mar 2018 Tory cronyism infects the NHS “We all know how it works. The lunches, the hospitality, the quiet word in your ear, the ex-ministers for hire,” said David Cameron. Stephen Dorrell is the perfect fit
Friday 16th Mar 2018 The Media Right-wing journalists care desperate for a new ‘red scare’ Opposition to Reagan and Thatcher's 1980s revival of the cold was was huge, writes SOLOMON HUGHES. So why is the media pretending otherwise?
Friday 09th Mar 2018 Imperialism The US and Britain's special relationship has not been so special A freedom of information request into the US 1986 bombing of Libya reveals how much Britain was kept in the dark but pretended otherwise, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Friday 02nd Mar 2018 OPINION The strange tale of Buckingham University and the Thatcherite right Reminiscent of the ‘Buffy’TV series the demons all come from one academic institution, they make a lot of noise, but they are all beaten by a gang of teenagers, who rely on a rather calm, older intellectual for guidance – where Corbyn plays the role of Giles the Librarian, read on...
Friday 23rd Feb 2018 McDonnell v Creasy – who is right? Should Labour renationalise PFI projects or levy a windfall tax? SOLOMON HUGHES looks to the Blair years for the answer
Friday 16th Feb 2018 Culture War Tories out to win over the heart of the ‘common man’ By focusing on ‘cultural issues,’ the Tory cultural warrior hopes to shift the terrain so that the Conservative Party, looks like the party of the ‘man in the street,’ writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Friday 09th Feb 2018 Crony Capitalism Could May save donors from building social housing? SOLOMON HUGHES investigates the Tory-friendly firm trying not to build social housing and the academy school boss involved in the Presidents Club ball sleaze
Friday 02nd Feb 2018 May's Cabinet is posher than ever Theresa May said her reshuffle would make her government “more like the country it serves,” but, as the Sutton Trust showed, the percentage of her
Friday 26th Jan 2018 NHS Not safe in ‘centre-ground’ hands A cross-party approach to tacking the NHS crisis can only lead to one thing — the disaster of more disruption and privatisation, says SOLOMON HUGHES
Friday 19th Jan 2018 Politics Busted by the advertising regulators SOLOMON HUGHES reveals how a big Tory donor’s kitchen company keeps falling foul of the ads watchdog
