The forthcoming by-election in Clacton, scheduled for August 13, has elements of high farce. In the absence of candidates from all the main parties, who
Category: Editorial
Can Burnham’s ‘Manchesterism’ improve workers’ lives?
By Pat Colquhoun On Monday 29 June, Prime Minister in waiting, Andy Burnham, once again donned his dark blue t-shirt and suit jacket to give
Editorial: what will a Burnham leadership mean?
Short of an unexpected natural disaster, it looks like Andy Burnham will be Labour leader and new Prime Minister, perhaps be the end of July.
The rioting in Belfast and the appalling attacks on Black and Asian people is a direct consequence of the right-wing political establishment doing its utmost
Asher Goudy In classic form, the capitalist press have latched on to the altogether reasonable comments made by the Greens’ Gorton and Denton MP, Hannah
Editorial: Reform election surge is down to Starmer
Town halls up and down the country are now going to be flooded with Reform UK councillors: a surge of racists, xenophobes, transphobes, homophobes, anti-trade
Unite NEC elections: big majority for Sharon Graham
By Andy Ford, newly-elected Unite NEC member The recent elections to the Executive of the Unite union, one of the Labour Party’s largest affiliates, returned
Editorial: Starmer owns the coming Labour debacle
For previous local elections, Left Horizons has argued in favour of a vote for Labour, because it was the party that most carried the aspiration
Measuring a world rate of profit – again
By Michael Roberts Back in 2012, I made an initial attempt to go beyond measuring the rate of profit on capital in any one country
Editorial: Restore Labour Party democracy!
It has been too long in the coming, but better late than never. The Labour Outlook website reports that “a coalition of trade union leaders,
