Dead Centre
Blairism Without Blair
Twenty-five years after winning a landslide victory, Tony Blair haunts the Labour Party.(...)
Blairism Without Blair
Twenty-five years after winning a landslide victory, Tony Blair haunts the Labour Party.(...)
Today’s New Statesman
Getting off the tube at Blackfriars, you could walk through the backstreets of Fleet Street without seeing the office of the oldest progressive magazine in Britain. It’s easily done.(...)
Losing Channel 4 to the Spivs
Sitting in front of the TV waiting for the news to come on, with a plate of food on your lap. This was a common experience once upon a time.(...)
Heaven in Disorder, by Slavoj Žižek
One is always a bit apprehensive when cracking the latest publication by the eminent Slovenian curmudgeon Slavoj Žižek.(...)
The End of the End of History, by Hochuli, Hoare and Cunliffe
It’s fun to laugh at Francis Fukuyama. It’s even more fun to laugh at the legions of people who misinterpreted his 1992 blockbuster, The End of History and the Last Man.(...)
The Left Turn Ahead Report
The United Kingdom is transitioning to a different kind of capitalism. (...)
The Last Neoliberal, by Bruno Amable and Stefano Palombrini
There is a case to be made that the left is dead. (...)
Keir Starmer as a Meme
A white man stepped foot onto the shores of a remote beautiful island in the South Pacific. His name was John Frum.(...)
The Brexit Condition
Antisemitism Report Conclusions
Just six months into the Starmer era, the Labour Party has cleansed its shadow cabinet of its most left-wing politicians and suspended Jeremy Corbyn. So it should be clear to everyone what Keir Starmer is really about.(...)