Paul Mason
Bernie Sanders: the radical moment has begun
Quite simply the radical progressive sentiment that’s swept Greece, Spain, Scotland and the British Labour movement has now hit America.
Search results for ‘Alternative vote’
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FactCheck: does the EU raise or lower prices?
Campaigners in the EU referendum debate are saying contradictory things about the effects of Brexit on prices in the shops.
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FactCheck Q&A: can we trust the Treasury on Brexit?
The government says families will lose out to the tune of £4,300 if they vote to leave the EU. Is it true?
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FactCheck: how much is the doctors’ strike about patient safety?
“Tired doctors make mistake,” proclaim the placards. True – but will junior doctors face longer hours under their controversial new contract?
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How the outcasts of French politics have joined the mainstream
Did the apparent political unity that ensued after the terror attacks represent only affluent Paris rather than the concerns and fears of France as a whole?
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FactCheck: Does Britain want to scrap Trident?
Neil Kinnock thinks the public will not back Labour’s renewed enthusiasm for unilateral nuclear disarmament. But could public opinion be swinging behind Jeremy Corbyn?
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Gary Gibbon
Jeremy Corbyn, unilateralism and Trident
Scottish Labour has voted against Trident. Jeremy Corbyn’s team may think the wider party could follow suit.
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Scottish Labour rejects Trident
Party delegates in Scotland vote overwhelmingly against renewing the nuclear deterrent, rejecting the official line of the UK party.
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The UNHRC adopts consensus resolution on Sri Lanka
The United Nations Human Rights Council passed a historic resolution over allegations of ongoing human rights abuses in Sri Lanka. But as Callum Macrae reports, it has received mixed reactions.
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France hits Islamic State militants in Syria
France has launched airstrikes against the jihadi group in Syria for the first time and calls for a “global solution” to the Syrian crisis.
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Paul Mason
Tsipras crushes his opponents, left and right, to gain second term
It was the unswayability of the left vote that put Alexis Tsipras straight back into the prime ministerial mansion he resigned from a month ago, calling a snap election.
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FactCheck Q&A: who will be the next Labour leader?
The result of Labour’s leadership contest looms. Is it a done deal? Will Jeremy Corbyn hurt the party’s chances in the next election?
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Assisted dying debate: MPs reject ‘right to die’ bill
Emotional arguments made on both sides as MPs vote on the “right to die” for the first time in twenty years.
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Refugee crisis: Hungary’s problem with xenophobia
Facing criticism for erecting a razor-wire fence and forcibly moving people to camps, prime minister Viktor Orban says he is defending Europe’s “Christian identity”.
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FactCheck: what has the SNP failed to deliver?
The Scottish Government has published its plans for this year. But the ruling SNP has failed to keep promises to voters in the past.
