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 Reform UK leader Nigel Farage during a press conference at Glazier's Hall Southwark, south London. Picture date: Wednesday January 7, 2026
European Union / 11 January 2026
11 January 2026
Anti-Brexit protester Steve Bray arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London, after he pleaded not guilty to failing without reasonable excuse to comply with a direction given under the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 ‘re: prohibited activities in Parliament Square,’ April 14, 2025
Editorial: / 30 December 2025
30 December 2025
Then prime minister David Cameron (left) welcomes then newly-elected Newark MP Robert Jenrick to the Houses of Parliament in London, June 11, 2014
Politics / 17 October 2025
17 October 2025

SOLOMON HUGHES finds one-time Cameron-centrist EU fans now promote vicious anti-migrant rhetoric in their bid to get attention for their ailing party

European Union flags wave in the wind as pedestrians walk by
Features / 25 July 2024
25 July 2024
As Starmer hints at closer ties, MARTIN HALL warns of the dangers of creeping alignment and calls for a renewed socialist case for independence from Brussels, especially over the EU’s constraints on economic planning
Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf at the Lord Roberts M
Britain / 26 February 2024
26 February 2024
Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch at the Shaping the Future:
Features / 3 February 2024
3 February 2024
The news that the British government has put trade talks with Canada on hold marks another post-Brexit trade deal coming to nothing — so much for a ‘golden era of trade,’ writes TONY BURKE
Britain / 17 January 2024
17 January 2024
Reform Party leader Richard Tice speaking at a press confere
Editorial: / 4 January 2024
4 January 2024
EARLY WARNING: Empty shelves in a supermarket in London duri
Features / 18 October 2023
18 October 2023
SARAH BRIDLE and ALED JONES argue that within the next 10 to 50 years food security in Britain will be undermined and potentially lead to widespread social unrest
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer at Selby football club, North
Editorial / 27 September 2023
27 September 2023
Former first minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon arrives to
Britain / 29 June 2023
29 June 2023
PM Robert Peel (1788–1850) and a poster celebrating the re
Features / 25 June 2023
25 June 2023
From the corn laws to the Irish question, from universal suffrage to Brexit, huge splits inevitably emerge in the Establishment — but these don’t automatically benefit the masses, explains KEITH FLETT
Demonstration at Conservative Party Conference 2017, Liverpo
Book Review / 26 May 2023
26 May 2023
WILL PODMORE appreciates a lucid re-telling of the story of the past decade of Tory rule
People's Vote campaigners outside MediaCityUK in Salford ahe
Features / 18 May 2023
18 May 2023
SOLOMON HUGHES discovers that supposed grassroots campaigners from Our Future Our Choice and For Our Future’s Sake who helped deliver Labour’s disastrous second referendum policy are now happily ensconced in pro-Brexit-type jobs
THE REMAIN ELITE: Then chancellor George Osborne (third left
Features / 27 April 2023
27 April 2023
Communist Party general secretary ROBERT GRIFFITHS asks what are the outstanding questions three years on from Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union
Features / 13 April 2023
13 April 2023
Amid shortages of certain foodstuffs, voices have been raised that a return to the EU might be desirable. BERT SCHOUWENBURG warns that the policies of the European suprastate are no panacea for Britain’s problems
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a press c
Features / 10 March 2023
10 March 2023
ALAN SIMPSON charts Britain’s descent into dystopian democracy where those echoing the flotilla of falsehoods coming from ministers become the stormtroopers for a government with no other cards to play
Empty fruit and vegetable shelves at an Asda in east London
Editorial / 10 March 2023
10 March 2023
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, speaking at the Centre for E
Eyes Left / 29 November 2022
29 November 2022
It is no surprise that the austerity-addicted Tories have not used Britain’s exit from the EU to improve our lot — but as pro-Brussels grumbles of disquiet grow to a roar, is the left ready to take up the cause, asks ANDREW MURRAY
File photo dated 12/11/2021 of EU Commission Vice President
World / 12 September 2022
12 September 2022
Meanwhile, Sinn Fein leaders skip Britain's King Charles ceremony to attend protest against Westminster's Northern Ireland Troubles Bill
Opinion / 22 June 2022
22 June 2022
Instead of being a rebellion of the downtrodden and dispossessed, it was in many ways an optimistic vote by a broad range of English-identifying social classes who believed autonomy from the EU would rejuvenate the economy — but that was never to be, argues PHIL HUBBARD
Queues in Terminal 5 at Heathrow airport, London
Britain / 5 June 2022
5 June 2022
Sinn Fein Vice President Michelle O�Neill with party colle
World / 13 May 2022
13 May 2022
Sinn Fein Stormont leader Michelle O’Neill blast's unionist's move as ‘disgraceful’
Pamphlet Review / 10 January 2022
10 January 2022
JAN WOOLF recommends a new post-Brexit analysis of how Britain can rejuvenate its manufacturing sector
Yanis Varoufakis
Features / 28 December 2021
28 December 2021
The former Greek finance minister for Syriza YANIS VAROUFAKIS speaks to Daniel Powell about Brexit, ‘techno-feudalism’ and how social media users could generate a universal basic income for all
Alastair ‘Vote for the Lib Dems’ Campbell
Features / 11 November 2021
11 November 2021
SOLOMON HUGHES picks apart some revealing comments by the head of comms at the People’s Vote campaign
A Port of Belfast sign at Belfast Harbour
Editorial: / 14 October 2021
14 October 2021
WRITING ON THE BILLBOARD: Clear message
Opinion / 30 September 2021
30 September 2021
EOIN O MURCHU argues that a successful intertwining of the national and social questions in Ireland is not just an issue of solidarity for the British labour movement, but is part of the struggle of the British working class for a democratic break with imperialism, both native and European
Features / 7 July 2021
7 July 2021
Having good social care is a life and death situation for disabled people and they must not become collateral damage in pursuit of the removal of freedom of movement, writes LINDA BURNIP
Britain / 15 June 2021
15 June 2021
Police by an immigration van in Kenmure Street, Glasgow, las
Features / 18 May 2021
18 May 2021
Far from being a champion of liberty and free thought, the Conservative government is tightening control over public expressions of dissent, writes KEN JONES
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
Editorial: / 28 April 2021
28 April 2021
From left, Members of European Parliament, David McAllister,
World / 28 April 2021
28 April 2021
 COMPARING NOTES: Labour Party leader Keir Starmer (centre)
Features / 28 April 2021
28 April 2021
The Social Partnership Bill represents a real opportunity, says SHAVANAH TAJ
Britain / 16 April 2021
16 April 2021
Features / 14 April 2021
14 April 2021
LYNDA WALKER argues that the cause of the ongoing sectarian rioting lies partly with the botched Brexit border situation in Northern Ireland
Freelance professional musicians, conducted by director Davi
Features / 17 February 2021
17 February 2021
The arts in this country have value simply because they are ours: BENN LUNN calls for a recalibration of how we view the music industry
Voices Of Scotland / 16 February 2021
16 February 2021
If we don’t decide what kind of future UK we want, the decision will be made for us, warns Labour peer PAULINE BRYAN
Britain / 5 February 2021
5 February 2021
Unison Cymru warns Covid-19 has prevented key workers in Wales from applying
Features / 1 February 2021
1 February 2021
MICK ANTONIW MS spotlights a new report that explores what ‘radical federalism’ might look like for Wales and the other nations of the UK
We can be confident that if the Tories were intent on protec
Features / 25 January 2021
25 January 2021
In the face of Tory machinations under the guise of a 'review,' the Scottish government and trade unions are opposing any downgrading of our employment protections, reports CHRIS STEPHENS MP
FROSTY’S RAMBLINGS / 21 January 2021
21 January 2021
As hundreds of Scottish shellfish suppliers jammed Whitehall this week, PETER FROST explains the protest involving his favourite shellfish
West Bromwich Albion manager Sam Allardyce on the touchline
Men’s Football / 3 January 2021
3 January 2021
Sian Berry  and Jonathan Bartley, joint leaders of the Green
Features / 30 December 2020
30 December 2020
With elections looming next year and the Labour Party lurching to the right, can the Green Party seize the moment and turn its electoral ambitions into reality, asks CHRIS JARVIS
Features / 28 December 2020
28 December 2020
Leaving the EU highlights the underlying structural problems of the music industry that make it almost impossible for musicians to sustain themselves and their art, says BEN LUNN
Editorial / 26 December 2020
26 December 2020
Lorries queue for The Port of Dover along the A20 in Kent as
Britain / 21 December 2020
21 December 2020
Teachers warn against government plans to troop kids back to school
Lorries are parked up on the M20 in Kent
Features / 21 December 2020
21 December 2020
In the absence of a trade deal, RICHARD RUDKIN takes a look at how we ended up where we are now
Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer in Portsmouth earlier t
Editorial: / 14 December 2020
14 December 2020
Features / 14 December 2020
14 December 2020
DOUG NICHOLLS argues that the current EU negotiating position threatens the green industrial revolution we need and undermines future productive capacity to rebuild after Covid-19
Britain / 14 December 2020
14 December 2020
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrives t
Britain / 13 December 2020
13 December 2020
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech d
Opinion / 12 December 2020
12 December 2020
At least now, much more than a year ago, socialist Labour activists know who is against them and what they are prepared to do to stop them. JOE GILL believes the Labour right will fail
Britain / 11 December 2020
11 December 2020
The Union flag flies outside the Berlaymont building, the He
Editorial / 9 December 2020
9 December 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's former top aide Dominic Cummi
Editorial: / 13 November 2020
13 November 2020
INTERVIEW / 13 November 2020
13 November 2020
Following the launch of their No Holding Back report on Labour’s loss of working-class support, IAN LAVERY, LAURA SMITH AND JON TRICKETT speak to Morning Star editor Ben Chacko about their findings
President-elect Joe Biden speaks at The Queen theatre in Wil
Britain / 9 November 2020
9 November 2020
Global Justice Now warns ‘Trump’s defeat is a major setback for Johnson, but this is not the end of chlorinated chicken’
Features / 21 October 2020
21 October 2020
NICK WRIGHT reflects on Owen Jones’s account of the Corbyn years, This Land, The Story of a Movement
Britain / 20 October 2020
20 October 2020
Alastair Campbell addresses a People's Vote rally at New Doc
Features / 24 September 2020
24 September 2020
SOLOMON HUGHES looks up the abortive movement for a ‘people’s vote’ run by corporate creatures, New Labour hacks, Lib Dems and other transient centrists, whose main campaign groups still exist, despite losing both the referendum and the 2019 election
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech d
Labour Party Conference 2020 / 22 September 2020
22 September 2020
Editorial: / 17 September 2020
17 September 2020
Britain / 14 September 2020
14 September 2020
Green Party hopeful Shahrar Ali beside the Battle of Cable S
Features / 24 July 2020
24 July 2020
SHAHRAR ALI tells the Star why he's pitching himself as the ‘radical’ candidate in the Green Party leadership race
Labour leader Keir Starmer
Features / 24 June 2020
24 June 2020
NICK WRIGHT argues that the new centrist analysis of the party's last election disaster raises more problems than it solves — and the answers to those questions are anything but a rush back towards administering neoliberlaism
Health Secretary Matt Hancock and NHS staff stand on marks o
Features / 2 April 2020
2 April 2020
Our health service remains very much ‘on the table’ in a secret Trump trade deal, with negotiations slated to begin soon, warns ELLEN LEES
Refugees wearing face masks on the edges of Lesbos's notorio
Features / 13 March 2020
13 March 2020
Only working-class solidarity, compassion and organising for the common good will see us through them, writes KEVIN OVENDEN
OWN GOAL: Ofoc’s antics likely helped put their enemies in
Features / 12 March 2020
12 March 2020
SOLOMON HUGHES describes Our Future Our Choice's fitting end
INTERVIEW / 3 March 2020
3 March 2020
New bakers’ union leader SARAH WOOLLEY talks to the Star about her route into the movement, the need to get better at working together across unions – and getting more union-based storylines in soaps
Features / 3 March 2020
3 March 2020
A fire is burning. It’s the angry flame of the injustice which we feel at the way the north has been treated, write IAN LAVERY MP and JON TRICKETT MP
Features / 26 February 2020
26 February 2020
Musicians in Britain were overwhelmingly in favour of Remain – but can we turn our present moment into an opportunity to improve cultural representation across society, asks BEN LUNN
Then Welsh secretary Ron Davies flanked by under-secretaries
Features / 19 February 2020
19 February 2020
Welsh Labour failures are increasingly viewed as failures of the whole devolved government – so what does this mean for the future of the Assembly? asks JOE WILLIAMS
Features / 17 February 2020
17 February 2020
'Calmer for Starmer?' RICK EVANS is unconvinced that this supposedly ‘safe pair of hands’ will maintain Labour's political progress - or win back lost support
Anti-Brexit campaigners on a protest in March last year
Features / 14 February 2020
14 February 2020
Features / 4 February 2020
4 February 2020
DOUG NICHOLLS argues that the working class as a whole ensured the country can govern itself again thanks to Brexit - but it must now start setting the agenda
Farage and friends on Brexit Day
Features / 4 February 2020
4 February 2020
The twin vom-fests of liberal tears in the EU parliament and poundshop patriotism in Parliament Square as we left the EU are nothing but a prelude to international class war, writes REUBEN BARD-ROSENBERG
McDonald's workers and demonstrators take part in a protest
Editorial: / 31 January 2020
31 January 2020
Britain / 31 January 2020
31 January 2020
Unions call for working people to head off the threat of a Tory evisceration of labour rights post-Brexit
UNIFY STRUGGLES: NHS nurses and doctors  London, during a
Features / 31 January 2020
31 January 2020
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
Exclusive: / 31 January 2020
31 January 2020
Trade unionists and academics from the socialist left met in London, January 28, to discuss the political prospects after Brexit - and after the disastrous 2019 election result
Participants at the Indyref 2020 rally, hosted by the Nation
Britain / 31 January 2020
31 January 2020
Performers from The Hebe Foundation charity during the servi
Britain / 31 January 2020
31 January 2020
Requiring schools to help families and staff with their settled status could have ‘unintended consequences,’ The National Association of Head Teachers says
Britain / 30 January 2020
30 January 2020
Labour's shadow Chancellor John McDonnell
Editorial: / 27 January 2020
27 January 2020
Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price speaks during the launch of hi
Britain / 27 January 2020
27 January 2020
CLASS STRUGGLE: Workers march through Leeds on Asda HQ last
Features / 10 January 2020
10 January 2020
ALEX GORDON assesses the tasks facing socialists in Britain following the 2019 general election
Migrant domestic workers protest outside Parliament
Features / 9 January 2020
9 January 2020
SOLOMON HUGHES reports on the government’s latest bid to divide and rule
The Union flag, Saltire and the European Union flag fly alon
Britain / 8 January 2020
8 January 2020
Holyrood rejects the Withdrawal Agreement Bill by 92 to 29
Britain / 20 December 2019
20 December 2019
Lord Dubs speaks out as Tories scrap legal protections for unaccompanied minors under cover of Brexit Bill