The Tories announced the scrapping of two major rail electrification schemes last week. One was the Midland main line. The other the Cardiff to Swansea
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The following article by me was published in the Observer on 14 July 2002. Not that much has changed since, and my sentiment remains largely
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Theresa May wants Labour’s support for her ailing premiership. It’s an interesting idea: a quasi-grand coalition. I can’t think of any reason why Labour should
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My Green New Deal colleague, Colin Hines, is in the Guardian this morning rehearsing some familiar themes. He co-authored the first green quantitative easing publication: Sorry
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In July 2008 I was one of the authors of what a group of us called the Green New Deal. It was a plan to
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Donald Trump continues to do all the most destructive things he said he’d do. 2016’s legacy of political madness continues to resonate. So now he’s
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I was discussing the political economy last night. This is not especially surprising: it is something I am inclined to do. It so happened that
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I spoke on the Today programme at about 6.48 this morning. The discussion focussed on John McDonnell and his tax pledge to 95% of British
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Labour’s inability is hard to comprehend. It’s slaughtered in local elections. It is four weeks from a general election. And its big idea? Increase the
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