Tory Eurovision: Freedom to Exploit

By Jeff Goulding (@ShanklysBoys1) David Cameron claims he has won “special status” for Britain within the European Union. Already, a number of media outlets are portraying this as a victory for the Prime Minister and EU heads of state are lining up to trumpet the merits of the deal. Why wouldn’t they? It doesn’t actually…

The Tories and housing: A history of violence.

The following was written by Steve Topple | @MrTopple On Monday, the much-maligned “Housing and Planning Bill” gets its second reading in Parliament. While the detail of the bill has been well publicised (extending “Right to Buy” to housing association properties, forcing local authorities to sell off their most valuable stock), the drip-drip of information…

I sometimes agree with UKIP | By @MrTopple

The following was written by Steve Topple | @MrTopple I sometimes agree with UKIP. There, I’ve said it. Not the racist, xenophobic, misogynistic or homophobic bits (although I do sometimes wish I had the opportunity for the bad weather to be my fault), but the fundamental reason they came into existence – a “Brexit”. Because…

Experience of #TakeBackMCR

The following was written by Mark Holcroft | @MarkHolcroft   I’m a Labour Party member, although not very active I’m afraid. I took part in the demonstration on Sunday with my wife, and two children, and our dog. We took part because we’re sick of the Tories, sick of the arrogance and sick of the…

A Very British Coup Revisited: An Interview with Chris Mullin

The following was written by Michael | @mikeypie12    Following Jeremy Corbyn’s election as leader of the Labour Party, amidst a barrage of censure and criticism from the mainstream media. Which included the quite shocking claim in The Sunday Times ostensibly from a general in the British Army, that should Labour win the next election…

Seven, or is it eight million people have ‘dropped off’ the electoral register in Britain?

The following was written by Paula Sharratt    World population 7 billion (source, United States Census Bureau) Now if seven, or eight million people had drowned… But like migrants fleeing war becoming numbers and ‘quotas’, so the excoriatingly slow process of disenfranchisement has been creeping up on us all in Britain. And we’re all the…

Kill all the Public Services

The following was written by Michael | @mikeypie12    Earlier I was contemplating a suggestion by Scott Benton, a Tory councillor from Brighouse. He proposes that all school children should have to sing God Save the Queen beneath a large Union flag, each day. The @RepublicStaff twitter account were naturally outraged at this as they…

Moving left

The following was written by Mike Ephgrave | @MikeEphgrave    Owen Jones confesses he didn’t really want a ‘left’ candidate in the Labour leadership election(1). In a similar vein his trepidation is re-stated by Jeff Goulding “His refusal to countenance ever using weapons of mass destruction filled me with dread”(2). There is a real fear,…

Jeremy Corbyn: An Alternative Scottish View

The following was written by Cameron Gilmore | @ccgilmore22    I read @Alieninattic’s piece regarding his opinions on Corbyn and Scotland, whilst browsing through my Twitter feed. First and foremost, the title: ‘A View From Scotland’ led me to think, here may have been a kindred spirit- someone who sees that the leftist transformation within a…

Believe in an entrepreneurial Britain? Me too, that’s why I support Corbyn

The following was written by Paul Leatham     This may surprise you to think of it like this, but I would argue that the idea of a national education service, as put forward by the Jeremy Corbyn for leader campaign, is actually a capitalist pro business proposition – as in the old adage, you speculate…