John Foster / 29 Jul 2022
The Antisemitism Party
Labour and the Forde Report
The Forde Report represents a new stage of the malaise afflicting the Labour Party.(...)
Keir Starmer
John Foster / 08 Jul 2022
Stupid and Dangerous
The Starmer Project: A Journey to the Right, by Oliver Eagleton
Boris Johnson has been a dead man walking for months. His resignation has been more of a relief than a shock.(...)
Josh White / 25 Apr 2022
Ex-Social Democrats
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.(...)
The Battleground / 24 Sep 2021
Introducing Left To Burn
The Battleground’s New Podcast
In the debut episode of Left to Burn, John Foster and Josh White discuss the fallout of US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the analogy with Vietnam. But that’s not all.(...)
Josh White / 19 Jul 2021
Anti-Tory Times
The Left Turn Ahead Report
The United Kingdom is transitioning to a different kind of capitalism. (...)
John Foster / 25 Jun 2021
Just Call it Capitalism
Europe’s Neoliberal Crisis
The development of the European Union in the last decade has been shaped by a malign synergy of neoliberalism and populism.(...)
John Foster / 02 Apr 2021
The End of the Left
The Last Neoliberal, by Bruno Amable and Stefano Palombrini
There is a case to be made that the left is dead. (...)
Josh White / 01 Mar 2021
The Tony Blair Cargo Cult
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.(...)
Josh White / 02 Nov 2020
Life After Labour
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.(...)
Josh White / 07 Sep 2020
After Corbyn
Labour and the UK Left
Dread has been the new normal since the 2019 election. The hopes of a generation were dashed in one night. Worse still, the lowest forces in politics came out on top. 12 December was a blowout for Britain’s far-right.(...)