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 * Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class OCLC 668194635, 2011

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Articles: 2017

 * Labour’s shift has been vindicated. The public is tired of austerity - Two years ago, Jeremy Corbyn challenged political orthodoxy by not attacking benefits claimants. Now public opinion has aligned with his stance - 29th June
 * There is a magic money tree. But only for the Queen and the DUP - Theresa May ruled out fair pay for nurses, then found huge extra sums for Northern Ireland and Buckingham Palace. It’s time to end the austerity con - 27th June
 * Glastonbury is more evidence: Corbyn’s appeal crosses classes - The Labour leader has proved his critics wrong. Far from having a narrow support base, both working-class and middle-class voters back him - 27th June
 * The old Tory order is crumbling – it’s taken Grenfell for us to really see it - The neoliberal right has never seemed weaker. With a massive push, Labour can seize the initiative - 22nd June
 * Far-right extremists are cornered and dangerous. They must be challenged - If the Finsbury Park atrocity is part of a resurgence in the radical right, it’s surely time to act. We urgently need a strategy to deal with this fanatical movement - 20th June
 * Have no pity for May. Don’t forgive, and never forget why she must go - Remember her whipping up of bigotry, and political incompetence – that’s the status quo Theresa May wants back. It’s time for a nonstop election campaign - 15th June
 * New Labour is dead. Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet must stay as it is - The idea that people won’t vote for socialist policies has been comprehensively debunked. Why change tack when Labour is in the ascendancy? - 14th June
 * Jeremy Corbyn has caused a sensation – he would make a fine prime minister - This was not about Tory failure. If Labour had offered the same old stale, technocratic centrism it would have faced an absolute drubbing - 9th June
 * Theresa May has serious questions to answer, starting with police cuts - After the London Bridge attack, the Tories must respond with a commitment to reverse the cuts they have imposed on our police forces - 6th June
 * Theresa May’s authority slips as she bores Britain with empty answers - The odds are still stacked against Labour – but after May’s shaky performance in the hustings, a historic defeat may not be inevitable - 30th May
 * The courage of the LSE’s striking cleaners can give us all hope - A group of outsourced workers have fought back over their conditions and a top university is reeling. Their story tells us that injustice need not be permanent - 25th May
 * Manchester is suffering now – but its spirit will overcome this atrocity - The love and solidarity of Mancunians shone through in their immediate response to the Arena attack. Let’s celebrate the city’s warmth and diversity - 23rd May
 * Labour’s manifesto is a template for the struggling left worldwide - This document offers an answer not only to Britain’s broken model, but also to the global crisis in social democracy - 16th May
 * The Tory energy cap is not a policy. It’s a confession - State intervention is proposed for one failed market. Trains, housing and heavy industry should be next - 11th May
 * May’s zombie march leaves a trail of broken promises. Labour must fight back'' - You can’t trust a word the prime minister says. Here’s the opportunity for Labour to present a clear and optimistic vision - 3rd May
 * Labour can’t turn it around by peddling misery. It must exude hope - From Clement Attlee to Ronald Reagan, the lesson of election success is clear: even in dark days, voters still crave optimism - 27th April
 * Labour has a real Brexit alternative. Now it must get the message to voters - The party will ensure that workers, consumers and the environment are protected. There will be no blank cheque for a reckless Tory Brexit - 27th April
 * Brexitland: So much for the fractured nation – I haven’t found it - Politicos live in a world where scanning Twitter for political gossip is a daily ritual. It is not a world most live in - 20th April
 * Labour is in deep trouble, but it’s our only defence against a Tory landslide - One thing Jeremy Corbyn’s party has in its favour is an immense grassroots army – this is the time to fight a dishonest prime minister’s ruinous policies - 18th April
 * Let’s answer Chechen brutality with a global uprising against homophobia - History will damn the thugs persecuting gay citizens in Chechnya. But we must gather to support the victims now – and fight for LGBT rights everywhere - 14th April
 * France is angry. The left must show Europe that bigotry is not the answer - The radical left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon is surging in the presidential election, challenging far-right xenophobia and the complacency of the centre - 11th April
 * Why are liberals now cheerleading a warmongering Trump? - In just three months, those who vowed to oppose the president are eating out of his hands. Applauding his Syria missile strikes only emboldens him to go further - 9th April
 * Brexitland: The truth from well-to-do Fareham: this was no working-class uprising - Since the Brexit vote, the 48% who sought to remain have been demonised as a privileged elite attempting to subvert an authentic working-class revolt - 7th April
 * This is what Brexit looks like: cosying up to brutal regimes - Not just content to lead us out of the EU, Theresa May is also bringing us closer to Saudi Arabia, despite the terror and suffering it inflicts - 5th April
 * The bigots are on the march – and with ‘Legs-it’ the Daily Mail bears the flag - The paper’s leering front page featuring Nicola Sturgeon and Theresa May is part of a wider attack on liberal values. We must be prepared to fight back - 28th March
 * Brexitland: People can’t find homes. No wonder they were angry - Britain’s housing crisis has all sorts of consequences: it damages the health and education prospects of young people; it puts strains on families; and it inflames tensions by making locals feel they are in competition with one another - 23rd March
 * The George Osborne story reveals Britain’s ugly dinner party elite - His Evening Standard job shows how the establishment operates, marked by limitless self-regard and contempt for those who don’t have a seat at the table - 21st March
 * Brexitland: Pessimism is toxic in Britain’s coastal towns. But decline isn’t inevitable - As he continues his journey around leave-voting areas, Owen Jones finds that run-down high streets, low-paid jobs and a sense of loss plague South Thanet - 16th March
 * It’s not soft on crime to look at young offenders’ histories. It’s common sense - Surely our aim should be to reduce crime, not just to exact vengeance. These new sentencing guidelines should help achieve that - 7th March
 * Jeremy Corbyn says he’s staying. That’s not good enough - His policies are right but his leadership is clearly failing. General election defeat would be blamed on the left and mark the end of his progressive agenda - 2nd March
 * Milo Yiannopoulos’s enablers deserve contempt – and must be confronted - The poster boy of the alt-right has lost his book deal after speaking in defence of suggested sexual relationships between older men and younger boys, but his lucrative bigotry was left unchecked for far too long - 23rd February
 * Migrants are always the scapegoats. But now they’re taking on Ukip’s lies - Migrants’ honest and compelling stories of contributing to Britain every single day can win over xenophobes - 16th February
 * Mike Flynn’s love of Putin has dangerous echoes across Europe’s right - Trump’s US national security adviser resigned over his relationship with Russia, but its leader is a hero to populists who want to see authoritarian, racist regimes across the west - 15th February
 * Britain has blood on its hands over Yemen - Bombs made by us and dropped by Saudi Arabia are killing civilians in the civil war. Perhaps a high court ruling will bring our government to account - 8th February
 * All praise to John Bercow for refusing to bow to racist, sexist Donald Trump - The US president’s views must not be normalised. A state visit is ill-advised and the speaker is right not to invite him to address parliament - 8th February
 * Why this pardon for Britain’s gay men is so inadequate - Lives were destroyed by unjust laws enforced by the state. The effects of this injustice are still felt today - 2nd February
 * The UK must not be a stooge – so we’re forming a coalition to stand up to Trump - Theresa May thinks she pulled off a coup with her White House visit. We must make it clear to her that the UK cannot be used as a prop by a proto-fascist
 * To defeat Trumpism will take an extraordinary popular resistance - Protesters mobilising against Donald Trump’s fascistic travel ban must recognise what they are up against. He wants to rig elections and delegitimise opposition - 31st January
 * Trump didn’t kill TPP, the people did - Don’t let him take the credit for the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s demise, it was already dead – and no thanks to Hillary Clinton - 24th January
 * The American left will be reborn under President Trump - Clintonian-centrism was defeated in November, but attempts to repeal Obamacare show the Republicans are weak and divided. Now is the time for the left to craft a populist alternative - 22nd January
 * Labour is in a unique bind over article 50 - Jeremy Corbyn is right to impose a three-line whip backing article 50 – but so are some of his MPs right to defy him - 20th January
 * The Tory policy for young people in Britain is victimisation by design - It is easy for the government to ignore the plight of this generation, but failure to act damages us all - 12th January
 * Labour has shifted focus away from the NHS crisis. For what? - The NHS should be the party’s main focus right now. Jeremy Corbyn’s pronouncements about immigration and high pay are just distractions - 10th January
 * Americans can spot election meddling because they’ve been doing it for years - If Vladimir Putin intervened to help Donald Trump, that’s an outrage. But then so is the long US record of foreign interference - 5th January
 * Come on, Labour. Let’s see the alternative Britain desperately needs - A new report on the party makes sobering reading. But with the left in crisis across Europe, now is the time to clarify policies and put forward solutions - 3rd January



Articles: 2016

 * It’s not game over. Austria stopped rightwing populism in its tracks - It was to be the last great domino of 2016, but the country showed that victory on the radical right is not inevitable - 31st December
 * Taxpayers’ cash should go to the needy. Here’s where it actually ends up - More than £500m has been spent on PIP assessments for the disabled – where’s the sense in that? - 27th December
 * George Michael was a defiant gay icon. His life must not be sanitised -The popstar’s openness about his sex life, and his campaigning for LGBT rights, offered a liferaft to many – particularly at a time when anti-gay sentiment was rife - 26th December
 * Nigel Farage’s attack on Jo Cox’s widower is a new low. Enough - These are times of grave danger, with dissent recast as treason, racism unchained and intolerance on the march. We must take a stand before things get even worse - 22nd December
 * Don’t let our response to Ankara and Berlin be the one terrorists wish for - Terrorists commit atrocities and Nigel Farage and others use them to generate fear and hatred of Muslims. This is exactly what fanatics want - 20th December
 * Don’t blame MPs: British bombs wouldn’t have saved Aleppo - Critics of non-intervention in Syria in 2013 should show some humility – and its supporters should show some consistency - 15th December
 * Labour’s woes dominated 2016, but Tory divisions are the real story - Tensions over Brexit have been papered over by a compliant press. When Theresa May’s government falters, Jeremy Corbyn must be ready to strike - 13th December
 * Momentum is a beacon of hope. It must be saved from the saboteurs - A sectarian takeover threatens Labour’s grassroots movement: it will be a betrayal of youthful optimism if it succeeds - 8th December
 * Mark Carney says we face a ‘lost decade’. Here’s what the left must do - It’s painful to think that the future belongs to Trump, Farage and Le Pen. But we live in desperate times – and nobody is offering a cogent, hopeful alternative - 6th December
 * Good riddance to Zac Goldsmith. His vainglorious political career is over - The former Richmond Park MP’s defeat is a testament to human decency, after his shameful and shamelessly racist campaign for mayor of London - 2nd December
 * Labour would save the NHS – but the NHS won’t save Labour - ‘Rinse and repeat’ has let Ukip exploit an existential crisis for which all elements of the party must take responsibility - 1st December
 * Eric Bristow’s toxic tweets matter. These attitudes silence abuse victims - The darts player’s extreme comments reflect a mindset shared by all too many which shames survivors and causes anguish and intimidation - 29th November
 * No Asians, no black people. Why do gay people tolerate blatant racism? - Most LGBT ethnic minorities say they’ve faced discrimination, and bigotry on dating sites is a throwback to the 50s. The LGBT community must address this - 24th November
 * Tony Blair wonders what’s gone wrong with politics. How sad he can’t see it - He oversaw the Iraq war and calamitous financial deregulation, and did lucrative work for foreign tyrants. No wonder faith in the centre-left has evaporated - 22nd November
 * Don’t be divided by Trump and Brexit: minorities are part of the working class - Identity politics have always been part of the struggle. Those who claim there’s a backlash only seek to drive us apart - 17th November
 * A win for Trump was a win for bigotry. Here’s how we resist him - Capitulating and normalising Donald Trump’s presidency will lead to an authoritarian America. It has to be opposed - 15th November
 * The left needs a new populism fast. It’s clear what happens if we fail - Donald Trump’s victory reflects a rightwing thriving in a vacuum. There must be a plan to counter that threat - 10th November
 * Austerity will unleash mayhem. Prison breakouts are just the start - The consequences of cuts made years ago are now becoming visible: rising food poverty, failing flood defences and disorder in the prison system - 8th November
 * Spain can halt Europe’s slide to the populist right - The old social democratic order is crumbling. The continent’s last hope lies with the leftwing Podemos party, but first it has to re-engage with the mass movements that produced it - 3rd November
 * Orgreave was part of the class war that ended with 96 dead at Hillsborough - Amber Rudd’s decision not to hold an inquiry has more to do with protecting the Conservative party’s reputation than with justice - 1st November
 * Black Mirror is an urgent reminder of the fatal consequences of empathy loss - A corruption of shared humanity has been at the heart of injustice for too long. We must reject this - 28th October
 * Elizabeth Warren is the US president we need, but can’t have – this time - She’s a champion of workers’ rights, and a thorn in the side of Wall Street. What a tragedy that the Massachusetts senator isn’t on the ballot paper - 25th October
 * Gay men are battling a demon more powerful than HIV – and it’s hidden - Mental distress triggered by deep-rooted homophobia in society drives many LGBT people to abuse drink and drugs, and to harm themselves - 20th October
 * Ukip may be dead but its agenda is alive and well - The hard-right party is in a death spiral, but its ideas now dominate government policy. Labour needs to meet this challenge with vigour and clarity - 17th October
 * Hungary’s chilling plight could foreshadow Europe’s future - Rightwing populism is on the march – but the EU can’t even win enough support to impose sanctions - 13th October
 * We need to stop calling it hard Brexit. This is chaotic Brexit - By changing the language it uses about leaving the EU, Labour can reveal the truth about the Tories’ claims to toughness and economic competence - 11th October
 * There’s a fight over working-class voters. Labour must not lose it - The party can no longer rely on its traditional supporters, who are being enticed by Theresa May’s Tories and Ukip. It needs new ways to tap into anti-establishment fury - 6th October
 * We should be ashamed of what we’re doing to Britain’s children - The intolerable pressures placed on our girls and boys are resulting in shockingly high levels of mental health problems - 5th October
 * Jeremy Corbyn’s critics must decide: unity or terminal decline - One good speech is not enough on its own, but after Labour’s summer of pain there is a moment of clarity – and all sides must seize it - 29th September
 * Labour’s new economic vision offers a chance to win votes. It must be seized - The party must now build on the lessons of the Brexit referendum: voters can be inspired by a vision that overcomes their worries about the economy - 27th September
 * Corbyn Mark II looks like a leader – he must set out a clear, coherent vision - Hope for the future lies with critical friends who cheer when the leadedship gets it right and point out when it gets it wrong - 24th September
 * Voters may back Corbyn’s policies. But they won’t accept a freakshow - The Labour party has many more policies that bind it together than divide it – and that’s what the public needs to hear about - 22nd September
 * Momentum has shown how to rise above the media’s rightwing bias - Channel 4’s Dispatches was more baffling boreathon than damning exposé. But Momentum’s response was a masterclass in neutralising rightwing hostility - 20th September
 * Bigots feel they have a mandate to hate. We have to speak out - Most Brexit supporters want migrants to stay in the UK – so whatever our stance on leaving the EU, the surge in attacks since June is a matter of national shame - 15th September
 * The Tories are using the boundary changes for ruthless gerrymandering - We must oppose these proposals which skew the electoral map and stack the voting system in favour of the Conservatives - 13th September
 * Not all men commit abuse against women. But all must condemn it - Male violence against women is rife – and it’s getting worse. We need a new, inclusive form of masculinity to eliminate it - 8th September
 * Apple must now pay its taxes. This is a vindication of protest - Victories for protesters over tax avoidance and on TTIP show how grassroots campaigns can overturn injustice and hold the powerful to account - 30th August
 * From the floor to first class, Britain’s railways are a disgrace - Never mind Jeremy Corbyn’s journey – what matters is that privatisation has been a train wreck, and ideologues who want to roll back the state can’t admit it - 25th August
 * Too many people face unmanageable debt. The cure is trade unions - Since 2007 wages have fallen in real terms by 10.4%, hitting the poorest hardest. Collective bargaining would help not only them, but the wider economy too - 23rd August
 * The left must refocus on class, and show it still cares about workers - For years gender, race and sexuality seemed more - 18th Augustof a priority for liberals – allowing the right to exploit differences and turn them into divisions
 * Labour risks turning into a freakshow. Everyone needs to calm down - There’s a real danger of civil war destroying the party. Those both for and against Corbyn must damp down the rhetoric and concentrate on the issues - 15th August
 * Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour opponents should accept that their failures created him - What do the leader’s staunchest critics actually stand for? They are infuriated by his success but have no compelling vision to offer – they can no longer even claim competence - 10th August
 * Byron betrayed its workers. The system betrays us all - The true scandal of undocumented burger staff is a rigged labour market that allows firms to exploit employees at their discretion - 4th August
 * The NHS must show it cares about gay men’s lives – and roll out PrEP HIV drugs - A landmark court ruling that NHS England can fund the highly effective preventive treatment should be urgently acted on to stop the spread of the disease - 2nd August
 * Mass membership alone doesn’t make a social movement - If Labour is to have a future it needs to deploy its new members into genuine community organising - 28th July
 * The Sanders movement is bigger than Bernie. Now it must work with Hillary - There’s nothing radical about failing to oppose a far-right demagogue. The task ahead is to defeat Donald Trump – and to create real political change - 26th July
 * Turkey is our ally. So we cannot ignore the purge that is now under way - After last week’s failed coup, Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government is waging war on its opponents. It is time to speak out - 21st July
 * Anti-Trident arguments must be heard but they can’t blow Labour apart - The Commons debate was about deploying Trident as a weapon of mass destruction against Labour – but the party shouldn’t let it define its leadership contest - 19th July
 * Labour’s right is a shambles – but Corbyn has questions to answer too - While one side plots a clumsy coup, the other fails to engage the electorate. And it’s all a gift to the Tories - 14th July
 * David Cameron’s premiership is a tragedy for which we will all pay - He failed his own fiscal targets and leaves a bitterly divided country in crisis, with the union at risk of splitting, after gambling our future on the EU referendum - 12th July
 * The war in Iraq was not a blunder or a mistake. It was a crime - Tony Blair says he did not know military action would be disastrous. In truth, he was warned many times - 7th July
 * EU migrants should not be left fearing for their future in the UK - It is incumbent on all of us to challenge the fear and bigotry that the referendum has stirred up and stand up for our fellow Europeans - 5th July
 * We cannot succumb to Brexit disaster. It’s time to campaign to save our future - The referendum fallout looks terrifying: economic chaos, a resurgence in racism, the break-up of the UK. We need to fight these multiple threats - 28th June
 * Grieve now if you must – but prepare for the great challenges ahead - A working-class revolt has taken place, and frustration is spilling out in all sorts of directions. If Britain is to have a future, the escalating culture wars have to stop - 24th June
 * There is a model for the new politics we need. It’s in Spain - Podemos has won support for radical ideas without creating scapegoats. Progressives in the UK must find a way to do the same - 23rd June
 * David Cameron’s fatal mistakes on immigration threaten our country’s future - A Brexit Britain would be down to the prime minister’s fuelling of anti-immigrant sentiment and his impossible promises on targets - 21st June
 * The appalling Philip Green is just part of the system. That’s the real scandal - As the former BHS tycoon correctly pointed out, others like him avoid tax. We let them get away with it, and that has to change - 16th June
 * On Sky News last night, I realised how far some will go to ignore homophobia - The sexualities of those murdered in Orlando shouldn’t be glossed over. This was the worst mass killing of LGBT people in the west since the Holocaust - 14th June
 * Working-class Britons feel Brexity and betrayed – Labour must win them over - Too many working-class northern Labour voters are being seduced by Vote Leave’s disingenuous campaigning. The party has two weeks to reach them - 10th June
 * It’s a cruel deceit to blame all our problems on immigration - Brexiters cynically attribute social ills to incomers. Those who believe them may soon face a harsh truth - 9th June
 * If Blairites want a future they must divorce themselves from Blair - Chilcot’s report into Iraq will see Blair attempting to salvage his reputation. Instead of supporting his spin Labour MPs should be building something new - 7th June
 * Why Labour may have to divide before they conquer - Britain has fragmented, and so have our political parties. Perhaps a permanent split is the only way forward - 2nd June
 * Cameron’s shameless about-face on Sadiq Khan shows why people despise politics - Now he calls London’s mayor a ‘proud Muslim’, but weeks ago he was tapping into base prejudice to smear him. This will undermine faith in democracy - 31st May
 * The far right’s narrow defeat in Austria should be a wake-up call for Europe - The economic frustrations, insecurities and fears that are fuelling the radical right and the new left are set to increase. Social democracy has become a spent political force - 24th May
 * The world can be a source of hope, not of needless military invasions - Michael Moore’s new film, Where to Invade Next, shows how other nations offer an alternative for those of us tired of the status quo - 19th May
 * Why cuts to the BBC’s recipe website could be the final straw - The BBC is heading for privatisation by a thousand cuts. But the government risks spectacularly misjudging the national mood with this one - 17th May
 * Forgive and forget Zac Goldsmith’s racist campaign? No chance - ‘Doing a Zac’ should become an insult that future politicians want to avoid. His attempt to divide London’s voters should shame not just him but No 10 - 7th May
 * Protest never changes anything? Look at how TTIP has been derailed - People power has taken on big business over this transatlantic stitch-up and looks like winning. We should all be inspired - 5th May
 * Decent Tories must speak out against their party’s Islamophobic mayoral campaign - As I condemned Ken Livingstone’s remarks, so Tories should take a stand against the repugnant anti-Muslim smears targeting Labour’s Sadiq Khan - 3rd May
 * Think Hillsborough couldn’t happen today? Think again - To put this injustice behind us we need to look at how police officers’ views of the Liverpool fans contributed to their deaths - 28th April
 * Jeremy Hunt’s battle with junior doctors is his miners’ strike moment - The government is determined to crush the junior doctors at any cost – to continue its war on the NHS and teach the rest of the public sector a lesson - 26th April
 * Face it, Britain’s corporate fat cats will party until we turn the music off - This is a very British sort of capitalism, where brazenly greedy bosses are paid – hugely – to fail. We foot the bill, so why do we let them get away with it? - 21st April
 * Where do we even start with Michael Gove’s hypocrisy on scaremongering? - Of course Cameron and Osborne are peddling fear, it’s what they do. But whose campaign released a list of murders and rapes committed by EU migrants? - 19th April
 * Is it too late to stop the trolls trampling over our entire political discourse? - Free speech online can be revolutionary. But it can also poison the very bloodstream of democracy - 13th April
 * I signed an open letter to Donald Trump, and you should too - Trump isn’t just a US problem, he’s a global concern. That’s why hundreds of thousands of world citizens are calling for an end to his poisonous rhetoric - 8th April
 * Cameron proud of Zac Goldsmith’s toxic mayoral campaign in the capital?'' - The tactics employed to attack Labour’s poll lead are ugly and divisive. The prime minister should condemn this skulduggery – instead, he is part of it - 31st March
 * The Brexiters’ grim list of EU criminals debases political debate - Eurosceptics were until recently denouncing the fear tactics of the Remain campaign. But it is Vote Leave that has dragged the debate into the morass - 29th March
 * To leave the EU over Brussels would be a huge victory for terror - The extremists would be overjoyed if their attack had swayed the Brexit result. Out campaigners should not play into their hands - 25th March
 * This is the moment to attack the Tories’ undeserved reputation for competence - The U-turns, the missed targets … none of it seems to touch Osborne and co. The left must take advantage of this latest budget farce - 22nd March
 * We can stop this renewed attack on disabled people - The government believes the vulnerable have to subsidise the strong. Labour must force a climbdown - 18th March
 * Antisemitism is a poison – the left must take leadership against it - A Labour activist has been suspended, reinstated and suspended again after claims she made antisemitic remarks. The left must speak out ever more loudly in solidarity with Britain’s Jews - 15th March
 * A war of the generations is not a solution – hope is - As the right abandons younger voters, progressives can inspire a generation that fears for the future - 9th March
 * We should be striving to work less, not toiling until we drop - Progress wasn’t supposed to mean chasing an ever-receding prospect of retirement. It’s time to challenge this bleak vision - 3rd March
 * Sam Smith’s Oscar faux pas shows LGBT people must learn their history - The Oscar winner’s speech should be a reminder: those who made sacrifices for our freedoms are all-too-often forgotten - 1st March
 * Our private school elite’s dominance isn’t just unfair. It damages us all - From acting to journalism, the state educated miss out. But the system is to blame, not individuals - 25th February
 * How Corbyn could make a virtue of his former EU doubts - Like me, Jeremy Corbyn questioned the benefits of staying in the EU. He should join a left-leaning European movement for change from within - 23rd February
 * Boycotts are vital to democracy. So that’s why the Tories will ban them - Ministers will stop councils boycotting unethical companies. How can they claim to believe in localism? - 18th February
 * George W Bush’s support for Jeb is a reminder of his disastrous legacy - The former president puts on the charm as he joins the campaign trail. But the world we’re living in today is in many ways a result of the misery he inflicted - 16th February
 * Trident is too important an issue to be shouted down - Trident needs a sensible, mature debate. Labour MPs’ bickering simply plays into the Tories’ hands by deflecting attention from their European split - 9th February
 * First Corbyn, now Sanders: how young voters' despair is fuelling movements on the left - On both sides of the Atlantic, economic insecurity is fuelling the rise of new movements on the left - 4th February
 * Britain is at war with Yemen. So why does nobody know about it? - Saudi Arabia has British military advisers and continues to bomb Yemeni civilians with British weapons. Yet our government is strangely quiet about it - 28th January
 * Putin is a human rights abusing oligarch. The British left must speak out - For those of us who believe democracy and social justice are universal principles, it’s clear why we should express our solidarity with Russia’s embattled leftists - 26th January
 * Wait for a bus and then tell me the market knows best - Deregulation of buses in 1986 was a disaster for those unable to afford a car. Municipalisation is the key to a fairer system - 21st January
 * Peter Oborne talks to Owen Jones: Jeremy Corbyn is a breath of fresh air – VIDEO - The Daily Mail’s political commentator, Peter Oborne, talks to Owen Jones about Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour party. He also says David Cameron’s government has constructed a narrative about Islam which distinguishes between ‘good’ secular Muslims and ‘bad’ devout ones - 19th January
 * Straight people deserve equal rights to civil partnerships. Marriage is not for everyone - Like Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Seidan, many heterosexual couples don’t agree with the institution of marriage – they should not be discriminated against - 19th January
 * The left must not fear the Beckett report – it will help Labour win power - We should be consumed by research into Labour’s defeat, so let’s have a full inquest in the interests of helping the millions who suffer under the Tories - 18th January
 * America is finally waking up to its inequality problem - Under Obama, the economic recovery has bypassed almost all Americans. They won’t stay silent for ever – and Bernie Sanders could be their inspiration - 14th January
 * Junior doctors are striking for us all – to save the NHS and to make a stand - This landmark strike is not just about pay and working conditions; it’s about showing that resistance to the government is possible - 12th January
 * Let a year that began with Labour’s tribulations end with Tory chaos - With David Cameron’s party bitterly divided over Europe, progressives should unite around the ‘in’ cause - 7th January
 * Labour’s war of attrition must end – or the Tories will keep running amok - After this reshuffle the party’s leadership must make a pact with its MPs to focus their fire on the government, rather than each other - 6th January



Articles: 2015

 * Cut now, pay later: the floods show what happens when you strip back the state - From a failure to invest in flood defences or renewable energy to cuts to social care, austerity has left Britain dangerously exposed - 29th December
 * George Osborne’s economic miracle is built on a mountain of personal debt - The Tories’ failed model and stagnant economy has encouraged an unsustainable rise in household debt. Labour needs to come up with a viable alternative - 23rd December
 * Spain’s election will be felt across the whole continent - The country’s political convulsions and the rise of Podemos show that the fight against austerity did not die with Syriza in Greece - 18th December
 * How can we have a more balanced debate about Jeremy Corbyn and Labour? - The media attacks on the Labour leader since his landslide victory have made it almost impossible for sympathetic commentators to air a constructive critique - 15th December
 * Yes, the Tories are deceitful – but I take my hat off to their political sorcery - The EU ‘renegotiation’ is a charade, with Cameron its chief magician. And yet Labour can learn from him - 10th December
 * Donald Trump’s real threat is making extreme bigots seem moderate - The Republican presidential frontrunner’s call to stop Muslims from entering the US adds to mounting Islamophobia. He’s no longer a clown but a serious menace - 8th December
 * Labour urgently needs to turn its fire on the Tories, not foment civil war - It’s not new for the Labour party to be deeply divided over foreign policy. But now, more than ever, MPs need a coherent strategy to unite people behind them - 1st December
 * Islamophobia plays right into the hands of Isis - Since the Paris attacks, anti-Muslim prejudice has grown, promoted by the media. That’s exactly what Islamic State wants - 26th November
 * The best memorial to Vicky Thompson? To fight for trans rights - Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance – a time to honour the victims of societies that still deny civil rights to some of their members - 21st November
 * The John Lewis ad trains a telescope on the scourge of loneliness - This Christmas tearjerker highlights how fragmented our society has become. Is it time for a national scheme to counter this misery? - 6th November
 * Don’t sneer at redbrick revolutionaries – some of our best leaders were terrible students - Tristram Hunt and Martin Amis are wrong on Oxbridge education: in politics empathy and imagination trump academic success - 5th November
 * There’s more bleak news for young people – but there is also a ray of hope - It’s official: the worst decline in living standards for those aged under 34 began under Tory rule, according to an EHRC report. But this government-led attack can be confronted with organised strength - 30th October
 * Labour can’t just gloat over Osborne’s mess – we need a positive alternative - It is not only tax credits – the chancellor’s economic strategy has failed on all fronts. Now Corbyn has to ditch anti-austerity and look to the future - 27th October
 * Our right to protest should be sacrosanct. Unforgivably, it’s being betrayed -The farcical arrest of Lisa McKenzie was sadly consistent with the police’s approach to clamping down on peaceful and legitimate protest - 23rd October
 * A Tory voter breaks down on TV over tax credits cuts. Here’s Labour’s chance - The ‘work penalty’ will hit the strivers of the country - like the anguished mother on Question Time. It’s political suicide for the Tories - 17th October
 * Labour must unify around the anti-austerity message - Tax credit cuts are a penalty on work. That’s the economic argument the opposition needs to keep hammering home until Tory ears bleed - 14th October
 * Is there anything more patriotic than the left’s tradition of protest? - Labour must not allow itself to be painted as the haters of Britain. It has always championed the truly patriotic tradition of standing up against injustice - 9th October
 * Our NHS is in serious danger – we should be scandalised - GPs are being paid not to refer cancer patients to hospital and free hearing aids are being axed. This is a healthcare system under strain, but where is the debate? - 2nd October
 * Labour has a membership surge. Now it has to build a mass movement - The party’s new members need more than rousing speeches. Otherwise their enthusiasm will wane - 30th September
 * Why Labour must become the party of home ownership - The number of people owning homes has plummeted. The left must surprise with a fresh strategy to attract low- and middle-income Britons - 25th September
 * Only a convincing Labour party stands between Scotland and independence - Last year’s independence vote was not the constitutional full stop that many pundits claimed. Scotland is still rushing for the exits - 18th September
 * If Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour is going to work, it has to communicate - Twitter and packed halls are not enough: a mainstream media offensive is crucial – or the smears will stick - 16th September
 * If Jeremy Corbyn's victory was an incredible political achievement, it was the easy bit - A grassroots movement catapulted new Labour leader to the top. If you backed him, you now have a responsibility - 12th September
 * The rebranding of the Tories as the workers’ party is a shameless lie - George Osborne’s ‘living wage’ will make the low-paid much worse off. Labour must expose as fiction the idea that the Tories stand for working people - 12th September
 * Peter Hitchens got me thinking: do lefties always have to turn right in old age? - The rightwing firebrand was once a Trotskyite. It’s a common enough political journey – but there are ways to avoid it - 9th September
 * Jeremy Corbyn must become the soldiers’ champion - Accusations that a Corbyn leadership would be weak on defence could be counteracted by focusing on the rights of Britain’s beleaguered forces - 4th September
 * Refugees are human. This simple fact seems to have been forgotten - It is horrific that people are drowning and suffocating to reach safety. These stories should be a reminder that migrants are not just statistics - 29th August
 * Antisemitism has no place on the left. It is time to confront it - Why do people who would never deny other forms of racism treat antisemitism as a political device constructed by supporters of Israel? - 26th August
 * Stand by for more attacks on Corbyn’s principled foreign policy stance - Corbyn is right about Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Israel/Palestine. Attempts to smear him will fail if he unequivocally challenges antisemitism wherever he finds it - 21st August
 * This war of the generations could yet destroy the left - It’s pointless for younger people to point a finger at baby boomers. Their struggle and ours are the same: and we need their votes to win power - 19th August
 * Why right to buy has been a definitive disaster - This week an ex-council flat sold for £1.2m. It highlights how the right-to-buy scheme isn’t working for young people and those most in need of social housing - 14th August
 * Don’t believe the press – Britain is far from a refugee magnet - Reactions to a Sudanese man who walked almost the length of the Channel tunnel show that to have a proper debate about the refugee crisis, we need to get our facts right - 8th August
 * Jeremy Corbyn’s supporters aren’t mad – they’re fleeing a bankrupt New Labour - Instead of mocking Corbynism those on Labour’s centre-left should develop a coherent political vision of their own - 4th August
 * Blair attacks the left, yet we are the defenders of New Labour’s legacy - Labour’s Blair and Brown supporters seem to be perversely in denial over their record on child poverty and public services - 23rd July
 * We shouldn’t let Prince Philip off the hook - Bigoted remarks such as ‘Who do you sponge off?’ aren’t harmless. Philip is a senior member of the royal family, and what he says has influence - 17th July
 * The left must put Britain's EU withdrawal on the agenda - Progressives should be appalled by European Union’s ruination of Greece. It’s time to reclaim the Eurosceptic cause - 15th July
 * George Osborne is a magician – despite his record he’s seen as a success - The chancellor’s record demonstrates a specialism in policies that are too complicated to successfully rebut – a pernicious but effective approach - 11th July
 * Greece’s fight is for democracy in Europe. That’s why we must support it - The EU powers told Greeks their world would cave in unless they acquiesced by voting yes. The no vote has raised the political stakes even higher - 6th July
 * Who will speak out for those hammered by housing benefit cuts? - They’re unlikely to vote Tory, and the media won’t report on their silent misery. We can cut without causing more hardship to people facing impossible choices - 3rd July
 * Government policy will seal the mouths of Muslim pupils - Legislation to tackle radicalisation runs the risk of silencing and alienating children in our classrooms - 1st July
 * George Osborne’s go-getters aren’t getting much at all - The chancellor talks up the self-employed, but their lives are precarious. The left must wake up to their plight - 26th June
 * David Cameron, inadvertent PR man for Islamic extremists - Of course we need to confront perverse ideologies, but by tarring all British Muslims, Cameron is helping Isis to achieve its deadly aims - 20th June
 * David Cameron, you were right about drugs. Don’t err and stray now - The ‘war on drugs’ does not work, as Cameron himself once said. The latest crackdown on legal highs such as poppers is madness - 3rd June
 * The British left must learn to speak a new language – Spanish - The victories for Podemos in Spain came after it abandoned rhetoric and reconnected with voters. Labour should listen - 27th May
 * If the law favours Big Tobacco over taxpayers, then the law is a disgrace - Thanks to this upcoming £11bn lawsuit, we are about to find out whether the law values corporations over individuals - 22nd May
 * Steve Hilton’s privileged view of our chumocracy must not be dismissed - The left should embrace all allies – even architects of austerity – in the fight to expose our cliquey elites - 20th May
 * Chuka Umunna shows how the media is robbing us of ‘normal’ politicians - With this unforgiving intrusion into personal lives – but not policies – the media is driving away the candidates we need, leaving just the on-message robots - 16th May
 * A nightmarish result – but a politics of hope could rise from these ashes - Labour never offered a coherent challenge to the Tories; a movement that truly addresses the issues that affect working people is now needed more than ever - 9th May
 * Russell Brand has endorsed Labour – and the Tories should be worried - Yes, he’s urging people to vote. But he’s not a born-again Milibandite – he’s recognised the gravity of the situation and is doing his bit to stave off disaster - 5th May
 * Our electoral system is absurd. Time to change it - We’re heading for another messy election result, because first-past-the-post can’t keep up with Britain’s changing politics. Labour needs to promise a referendum – a proper one this time - 1st May
 * Stop the sneering – Ed Miliband’s best route to young voters is Russell Brand - The Labour leader is trying to reach young people who feel politics has little to offer them. And Brand has 10 million followers on Twitter - 28th April
 * A cruel society is being built. Voting Labour begins the fightback - If you want to look in the eyes of those people pummelled by callous Tory policies, vote Labour – and be prepared to fight - 22nd April
 * We need to see realistic LGBT people on our screens, not toxic caricatures - LGBT people are as complex and varied as anybody else, yet in films and on television they are all too often invisible or depicted as uber-camp clowns or potential sexual menaces - 17th April
 * The demonisation of Ed Miliband is reason enough to vote out the Tories - The Labour leader is derided as a north London geek, unpatriotic and weird-looking. Such poisonous attacks can ultimately only backfire - 11th April
 * Don’t blame rising inequality on technological change - If governments had taken a hands-on approach to industrial development the UK wouldn’t have suffered the huge loss of secure jobs we’ve seen in recent years - 8th April
 * Simon Danczuk MP has watched porn – why should we care? - He’s a flawed human being but so are we all. We shouldn’t expect perfection from our politicians when it’s their judgment that counts - 31st March
 * Finally we see the Ed Miliband we hoped for - Grilled by Jeremy Paxman, the Labour leader showed grit and passion. If he can build on that, the Tories will face a real battle in this election - 27th March
 * If you or I acted like Jeremy Clarkson, we’d be sacked. So should he - If the BBC lets the Top Gear presenter get away with his behaviour, the message is that if you’re well connected you can do as you please - 20th March
 * If the UK falls apart, the Tories must take the blame - This campaign of fear about a Labour alliance with the SNP will only increase Scottish resentment – and strengthen demands for independence - 19th March
 * I’m with Elton John. Dolce and Gabbana’s remarks on IVF children were vile - The fact that Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana are gay is irrelevant. Their dehumanising remarks will only help to fuel prejudice and bullying - 17th March
 * The most important political issue of the moment? Ed Miliband’s kitchens - The puerile nature of political discourse in modern Britain crowds out the issues that matter to ordinary people - 12th March
 * If only our MPs had the same passion as Michael Sheen - The actor made an electrifying defence of the NHS. There’s no real reason Britain’s politicians couldn’t speak as plainly - 3rd March
 * Why more men should fight for women’s rights - To end the harm inflicted by aggressive masculinity men must embrace feminism – without stealing it - 25th February
 * Peter Oborne’s resignation shows that the media shouldn’t just serve the rich - By resigning from the Telegraph over its links with HSBC, Oborne has done us a huge service. Too often the media works against democracy - 20th February
 * Stonewall is right to bring our trans brothers and sisters in from the cold - Trans issues have been neglected by progressives – myself included – for far too long, but at last this mistake is being rectified - 18th February
 * British society favours the rich – the tax avoidance scandal makes this clear - While the poor’s smallest misdemeanours are punished, the rich are able to draft the loopholes they then use to avoid tax - 14th February
 * The Tories are putting Britain’s democracy up for auction - They’re offering dinners, bronze statues of Margaret Thatcher and pheasant shooting for Conservative party funds. Exactly what will the donors get in return? - 11th February
 * We rolled over while the NHS was attacked – now we must stand up - The ‘National’ has been stripped from our disparate health service. Public inertia will be a cue for future governments to continue to undermine us - 7th February
 * Sorry Islamophobes, this is about animal welfare, not religion - The images of sheep being tortured in a halal slaughterhouse should sicken us all – and open a debate about how we treat livestock - 4th February
 * Ed Miliband is right: we must fight political cynicism in the media - If we get stuck on the idea that all politicians are venal and dishonest, nobody will ever believe it is capable of changing anything - 31st January
 * We must stop Angela Merkel’s bullying – or let the forces of austerity win - Germany can’t be allowed to strangle Syriza at birth. The fate of millions across Europe depends on it - 29th January
 * Syriza’s victory: this is what the politics of hope looks like - The Greek election result is a historic watershed – and it’s middle-aged working-class women who have organised it - 26th January
 * Norway didn't give in to Islamophobia, nor should France - The Charlie Hebdo killers want to provoke anti-Islam sentiment among the public, just as Anders Breivik did. But France must resist - 8th January



Articles: 2014

 * The year the grassroots took on the powerful – and won - Ignored communities have forced the elites to listen by getting organised. They offer hope for democracy - 29th December
 * Greece’s radical left could kill off austerity in the EU - If Syriza wins a possible snap poll in the new year, positive repercussions could be felt across Europe - 22nd December
 * The US embargo is disappearing; so, too, must Cuba’s dictatorship - Supporters of the Castros have long argued that a transition to democracy is made impossible by US hostility. That excuse may no longer hold - 18th December
 * Unpaid internships rig the system. Curb them, now - Labour could end the spectacle of young people half-killing themselves to get a foot in the door - 15th December
 * Britain’s complicity in CIA torture is a crime that will only create more jihadis - A judge-led inquiry is the least we need because without full openness this disaster will repeat itself - 11th December
 * Laugh if you like. But we need satire more than ever - There's nothing the establishment hates more than ridicule – that's why it's vital for a healthy democracy - 8th December
 * Students are rising again, and police crackdowns will only embolden them - First thoughts: Once again, student protest – this time at Warwick – has been met by police repression. The pre-election battle lines are drawn - 5th December
 * East coast rail has been too successful – quick, privatise it - First thoughts: Being publicly owned doesn't fit the free-market dogma that dictates that the railway must be a rip-off, fragmented mess - 28th November
 * Grotesque inequality is not a natural part of being human - Studies showing we are innately selfless debunk the notion that dog-eat-dog capitalism is our only option - 23rd November
 * What everyday racism tells us about the immigration debate - First thoughts: We thought bigotry was fading but it still exists. It's not just Ukip: it's the broader Ukipisation of British politics - 21st November
 * Viva Podemos: the left shows it can adapt and thrive in a crisis - The explosive ascent of Podemos in Spain proves there is nothing inevitable about Ukip-style anti-immigrant politics - 16th November
 * Statistics alone won't win the immigration debate - First thoughts: A new immigration study shows European migrants have contributed £20bn to the British economy. But how to convince a sceptical public? - 6th November
 * The Greens are surging, and it's an outrage that they're denied coverage - Rather than obsessing over Ukip, the media should report on the party that promotes social justice - 3rd November
 * Why we should join forces with Ritzy cinema staff against poverty pay - Cinema bosses at Picturehouse have been clamping down on workers’ rights. We all need to fight the good fight for a living wage - 29th October
 * The grim reaper is knocking for Scottish Labour - A once mighty movement lies broken and battered, thanks to Blairism and the referendum. Yet there is a way to revive it - 28th October
 * Hong Kong protesters remind us why democracy is worth fighting for - These protests are a reminder of a simple truth. Democracy is a universal right, not a privilege reserved for westerners - 16th October
 * Two rootless, soulless parties have cleared the way for Ukip - British politics has become a careerists’ playground, creating disillusionment that charlatans can exploit - 13th October
 * Nick Clegg must show he means what he says on mental health - Well done to the Lib Dem leader for pledging £120m to cut waiting times. It's just a shame the coalition he's part of has taken an axe to mental health services - 8th October
 * Isis is turning us all into its recruiting sergeants - Islamic State propaganda spreads terror and revulsion, so we support the bombing. But we are following an Isis script - 6th October
 * Can this HIV drug help to end 30 years of blighted lives? - Truvada is giving peace of mind to gay men in the US – it should be offered here on the NHS now - 29th September
 * Changing everything: how Naomi Klein inspired me - By writing for mass audiences beyond the politically active, Naomi Klein intellectually arms and offers hope to those thirsty for alternatives. I know; before No Logo, I was one of them - 27th September
 * Memo to Miliband: Britain's social order is bankrupt - If Scotland's near-flight from the union does not provoke a radical reaction from Labour, what will? - 22nd September
 * The TTIP deal hands British sovereignty to multinationals - Cameron’s and Ukip’s backing for a treaty that lets corporations devour public services exposes their duplicity - 15th September
 * Hooray for Vivian Boyack, Alice Dubes, and LGBT love beating the bigots - The fight is far from over for LGBT people, but this truly heart-warming tale of gay marriage after 72 years is one of hope - 10th September
 * Whatever Scotland decides, the old order is dead and buried - The union will likely be gone within a decade. It’s not just the Tories in our bankrupt establishment that are to blame - 7th September
 * David Cameron and the cynicism of comparing Putin to Hitler - Vladimir Putin is responsible for some awful human rights abuses in Ukraine, but Cameron drawing parallels to Hitler is a cheap, politically motivated shot - 3rd September
 * To really combat terror, end support for Saudi Arabia - Ramped up rhetoric on security makes no sense so long as the west cosies up to dictatorships that support fundamentalism - 31st August
 * It's socialism for the rich and capitalism for the rest of us in Britain - Who are the real scroungers? Free-marketeers decry 'big government' yet the City and big business benefit hugely from the state – from bailouts to the billions made from privatisation. Socialism does exist in Britain – but only for the rich - 29th August
 * Top of British society is a racket for the privileged - Statistics should provoke Britain's media into prolonged period of self-reflection. They probably won't, since 54% of top 100 media professionals went to private schools - 28th August
 * If Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage are mavericks British politics is doomed - First thoughts: It says all too much about the narrowing of democracy that those presented as outsiders are the establishment in undiluted form - 27th August
 * The establishment uncovered: how power works in Britain - In an exclusive extract from his new book, Owen Jones explains how the political, social and business elites have a stranglehold on the country - 26th August
 * Women need protection from undercover officers - By deciding not to charge officers who had sexual relations with female activists, the state is looking after its own - 24th August
 * James Foley’s murder will see calls for military action – just what Isis wants - The ‘war on terror’ has made jihadism stronger than ever. The west must be careful not to fuel the fear upon which Isis thrives - 20th August
 * The British tradition that Thatcher could not destroy - The powerful new film Pride brought me to tears with its celebration of cooperation, solidarity and selflessness - 18th August
 * Egypt is in the grip of a violent tyranny – with the west's backing - First thoughts: Just as western countries are complicit in Israel's attack on Gaza, so they are in just watching while Egypt is ruled by bloodshed - 13th August
 * Anti-Jewish hatred is rising – we must see it for what it is - Confronting and defeating all forms of antisemitism involves being able to defend its meaning from abuse - 12th August
 * Brother in the Land told me (at 10) why I wouldn’t survive nuclear war - The horror of Gaza has made me reflect again on Robert Swindells’ despairing fiction – and the terrifying truth of all modern warfare - 7th August
 * Prison doesn’t work – as the Glen Parva shambles shows - Most of those locked up have problems that are not solved by incarceration. Society must find another way - 6th August
 * Britain will never be a champion of democracy while it sells arms to tyrants - First thoughts: A glance at the countries the UK's heavily subsidised weapon industry sells to should rid you of any illusions about our foreign policy - 23rd July
 * Mocking an Eton boy's death is the worst politics of envy - Some on the left despise those from privileged backgrounds. But losing compassion merely boosts the enemies of social justice - 14th July
 * Celebrate the strikers this week – they are fighting for us all - The case to walk out is unanswerable, but will be eclipsed by outrage from a media utterly opposed to trade unions - 7th July
 * Who will the Gerry Conlons of the future count on? - We should remember the miscarriage of justice suffered by the Guildford Four when we hear politicians whipping up anti-Muslim prejudice - 23rd June
 * Bitterne bites back: 'People are coming over here and taking jobs and homes' - Situation faced by hard-up residents in the Southampton town is fuelling anger for immigrants and providing fertile ground for Ukip - 16th June
 * Sorry, David Cameron, but your British history is not mine - The prime minister is silent about this country's radical past that inspires me. That's why talk of unifying 'British values' is nonsense - 16th June
 * We anti-war protesters were right: the Iraq invasion has led to bloody chaos - The horrific fallout from the war was inevitable, and continues today. This calamity must never be allowed to happen again - 12th June
 * The CIA's cute first tweet can't cover its bloody tracks - As the agency strives to craft a cuddly new image, we mustn't allow it to whitewash its history of torture and murder - 9th June
 * Now Ukip is feeling the effect of protest vote politics - Labour and Lib Dem voters clearly voted tactically to keep Ukip out – exposing Ukip's glass ceiling of support - 7th June
 * Britain's first secret trial: this way lies trouble - If we allow hard-won freedoms to be discarded without a fight, what is to stop the powerful coming for other rights? - 5th June
 * Homophobia is deep-rooted, rife – and ultimately doomed - A study shows gay men are seen as a contaminant. But as gender roles become more fluid, old prejudices will surely die - 2nd June
 * Labour needs a politics of hope to counter Ukip's politics of despair - Saving the NHS, a living wage and tax justice should be at the heart of Ed Miliband's strategy, not more immigration-bashing - 27th May
 * A big, juicy burger to anyone who knows what healthy eating is any more - First thoughts: Tesco's new sweets policy is a mere garnish. The wider problem is the constant, contradictory lines we're fed on how to eat well - 22nd May
 * For those who think Labour chose the wrong Miliband … - Ed Miliband may not be perfect, but would David have been better? Let me paint a picture of a party falling apart - 19th May
 * The lazy myth of 'amoral' state school children is back - First thoughts: There are plenty of genuine failings in our education system – demonising state school children addresses none of them - 15th May
 * Who really wants to roll back the state? Not the right - While this government props up big business and delves into our private lives, there is a tradition of individualism on the left waiting to be reclaimed - 12th May



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Articles: 2014

 * Is a Queen Victoria statue offensive? It’s about time we debated our colonial past - First it was Cecil Rhodes, now it’s a celebrated monarch. These student campaigns force us to confront our imperial history – which doesn’t happen enough - 7th March
 * The hypocrisy of the Great Powers is on display again in Ukraine - We should look in the mirror before condemning Russian expansionism - 6th March
 * Socialism’s critics look at Venezuela and say, ‘We told you so’. But they are wrong - The democratic credentials of the post-Chavez government are being maligned - 27th February
 * The reality behind the job stats - A new phenomenon of self-unemployment needs investigation - 20th February
 * My latest battle to stop the demonising of people on benefits - Another Monday, another rowdy TV ‘discussion’ in the wake of Benefits Street - 19th February
 * Tristram Hunt was bang out of order to cross a picket line…and his party is guilty of not standing up for workers’ rights - Labour is savaged for being funded by the biggest democratic movement - 13th February
 * What a fairer Scotland would look like - Despite its progressive rhetoric, the SNP would hand big business a mighty cheque - 6th February
 * The Big Benefits Row: The Hopkinsisation of political discourse - Katie Hopkins's schtick is to repeat the mantra of mainstream politicians about people at the bottom of society, but with even fewer facts and more venom - 5th February
 * We want a fairer society – and here’s how we can achieve it - Social and economic inequality blights Britain. Here's my nine-point manifesto for change - 27th January
 * Sorry, David Blunkett – but Russell Brand has a point - Politics seems abstract, completely removed from everyday life - 23rd January
 * A visit by the leader of Hungary’s poisonous Jobbik party reminds us that we can’t just wish away anti-Semitism - This bigotry has clothed itself both as anti-capitalism and as anti-Communism - 23rd January
 * Michael McIntyre? Can’t we give a chat show to Paul O’Grady instead? - He took on bigots dressed in drag as Lily Savage in the 1980s. Now the comedian is speaking up for the plight of people on benefits - 15th January
 * An open letter from Owen Jones to Ukip voters - I'm in far more agreement with you than your leaders are - 15th January
 * Nigel Farage: After Owen Jones’s open letter to Ukip voters last week, here is my reply - I fear that you may have been reading too much into a statistical sample and haven’t taken the time to get out and meet our voters - 20th January
 * Benefits Street: A healthy media would stand up to the powerful and wealthy. Ours targets the poor and voiceless - A long, slow handclap for TV executives turning communities against each other - 9th January
 * Owen Jones: Footballer Thomas Hitzlsperger has made a brave and commendable move in announcing he is gay - Football remains one of the great fortresses of homophobia - 8th January
 * Unhappy? Just blame immigrants! - The cynically stirred-up anti-immigration campaign has a long history - 1st January
 * How Ed Miliband can harness the right's tactics to bring in a wave of left-wing populism in 2014 - Simple messages must be repeated ad infinitum, hammered into the electorate’s skulls - 1st January



Articles: 2013

 * Pussy Riot: A beacon of hope in Russia’s dark days - The saga sums up the crass stupidity of authoritarian regimes, whose fear of even mild challenges leads them to endlessly create martyrs - 18th December
 * Anachronistic and iniquitous, grammar schools are a blot on the British education system - Where selection remains, it continues to be largely the preserve of the privileged - 19th December
 * If our politicians were brave enough, or even simply rational, they would follow Uruguay's lead and legalise cannabis - For the criminal underworld, the "war on drugs" is an extraordinary money-spinner - 12th December
 * Patriotism is not the same as spineless adoration of the Establishment - I would want to honour courageous, often faceless Brits who stood up to power - 5th December
 * One day ‘coming out’ won't be a thing - and the reaction to Tom Daley's announcement shows we're getting there - It's news because millennia of bigotry cannot simply be eradicated in a few decades - 3rd December
 * Nick Clegg's scapegoating of immigrants is his most unforgiveable Tory collaboration yet - Historians of the future may say the Lib Dem did as well as he could have – nonsense - 28th November
 * Martyrs? Guest-house owners who turned away gay couple on ‘religious’ grounds are nothing of the kind - The Supreme Court ruling is a reminder that we have - mercifully - moved on from the Middle Ages - 28th November
 * Bernard Ingham says Northerners who loathe the Tories are ‘demented’. Perhaps I can put him straight... - Slashing the welfare state and cutting taxes on the wealthy was never going to play well - 21st November
 * Let me introduce you to my trolls - It’s flattering to think they regard the right to follow me on Twitter as a basic civil right - 14th November
 * Plebgate shows the police need reform - If this can happen to a privileged white Tory cabinet minister, what hope for a young black man in Brixton - 8th November
 * Why do so many critics of those of us on the left assume we are consumed by class envy? - I’m not making personal attacks when I campaign for a fairer society - 8th November
 * The Grangemouth dispute makes it clear who really runs the country - Employers have used the financial crisis to strip workers of security, rights and power - 28th October
 * Rising energy costs: the bullies at the Big Six must be stood up to - It’s the story of modern capitalism: debt is nationalised and profits are privatised - 22nd October
 * Vicky Pryce will do fine. But there are so many other ex-cons who won’t - Discussion has focused on the horror of middle-class people in jail - 15th October
 * Owen Jones goes Back to School: ‘Why do people tell you to imagine those interviewing you are naked?’ - As part of the i newspaper's new campaign to encourage state school students to return to school to offer careers advice, we asked Owen the following questions... - 11th October
 * Ed Miliband isn’t offering socialism – but the Tories are still terrified - The right fears that social democratic ideas might prove popular - 7th October
 * We can’t afford welfare for disabled people, but apparently we can afford a marriage tax break - This marriage tax allowance is nothing more than the state tutting at those who do not meet its expectations - 30th September
 * Labour Party Conference: An honest day’s wage for an honest day’s work. Friends, this is my pledge - Ahead of Ed Miliband’s keynote address today, Owen Jones imagines the speech he should deliver if he wants to propel his party to election success - 24th September
 * Only a new wave of socialism can end the great squeeze on us all - We must break with the free market consensus established by Thatcher - 9th September
 * Under the disguise of fixing lobbying, this Bill will crush democratic protest - There is no question that British democracy is at the mercy of wealthy and corporate interests, but the Lobbying Bill takes aim at our hard-won freedoms instead - 2nd September
 * For the Syrians’ sakes and for our own, we must not intervene - The country’s nightmare looks as if it could not get worse. The truth is it could - 26th August
 * Anti-Muslim bigotry is pervasive. Standing up against it is neither cowardly, nor the same as being an apologist for fanaticism - My reply to Nick Cohen on Richard Dawkins and prejudice - 24th August
 * My message to today’s A-level students: seize the future - Twice as many young people are jobless compared with my A-level year - 15th August
 * Not in our name: Dawkins dresses up bigotry as non-belief - he cannot be left to represent atheists - His anti-Muslim tweet is only the latest in a catalogue of smears - 10th August
 * I know it’s the summer holidays, Ed, but what is Labour’s message? - The failure to hammer home clear views has let the Tories set the terms of debate - 5th August
 * Cleared of aiding the enemy, Bradley Manning still faces a lifetime in jail. The very least we owe this heroic man is a debate on US foreign policy - Manning revealed the sordid realities of war that the armchair warriors want sanitised - 31st July
 * Trolls, Caroline Criado-Perez, and how to tackle the dark side of Twitter - The site should make it easier for users to report rape and death threats - 29th July
 * The British Library: For aspiring misanthropes, it’s a ripe hunting ground - From students to shouters, the library offers a space like no other - 27th July
 * Cruel? Certainly. Unforgivable? Beyond doubt. But the Tories aren't actually evil - It would be easy to imagine a cabal of upper-class sadomasochists, plotting ever more devious ways to hunt children on council estates like foxes. But it misses the point - 22nd July
 * For Tories, privatisation is still a matter of dogmatic faith - The breadth of opposition to Royal Mail privatisation is hardly surprising. Britons have endured a three-decade-long experiment of selling off our utilities and public services - 15th July
 * This attack on Labour’s union links must not succeed - These union-bashers are beholden to private interests, and want Labour to be, too - 8th July
 * What's killing Labour? A thousand failures to oppose the cuts - The party has not so much missed open goals as fled in the opposite direction - 30th June
 * When anti-gay bigotry is just another lock on the closet - Is it surprising that those obsessed with gay sex may have a fondness for men? - 24th June
 * The best way to fight the EDL's anti-Muslim bigotry is by showing solidarity on the streets - This racist group has been treated with a certain amount of indulgence by Britain's mainstream media. We need to drown them out - 17th June
 * The People's Assembly will cohere the left - and finally give Labour some real competition - On June 22, thousands will convene in London demanding an alternative to austerity: it will not only be a show of force, but a launchpad for a missing force in British politics - 10th June
 * The United States should be in the dock, not Bradley Manning - The whistleblower has allowed us to scrutinise the hidden realities of US power - 3rd June
 * Nick Ross, you are dangerous and misguided - Rape is rape. There are no mitigating circumstances or shades of grey - 27th May
 * Farewell, Shameless. Your heirs have work to do - The undeserving poor – the feckless, the workshy, the scrounging – are the exception, not the norm. If only our television screens reflected that - 25th May
 * The moral case on tax avoidance is overwhelming - and we all know Google wants to do the right thing - There is nothing law-breaking about tax avoidance and this is of course the point. The law is rigged in favour of the wealthy and the state is at the service of the rich - 20th May
 * Britons are lazy? Don’t let Boris get away with that - It's not 'sloth' that ruined this country's economy, whatever Boris Johnson may say, but it is another of the Seven Deadly Sins. So let’s aim fire at greed - 14th May
 * A common sense policy to create jobs and combat what ails Britain - Britain ought to be constructing 230,000 homes a year to meet the demand - 6th May
 * Don't be fooled: Iain Duncan Smith’s attack on pensioners is really an attack on all of us - This is where the shredding of universalism ends up, promoting poisonous ideas of the 'undeserving poor' and the further destruction of Britain’s social cohesion - 29th April
 * Our shameful hierarchy - some deaths matter more than others - Why is the slaughter in Boston more shocking or newsworthy than the deaths in Iraq? - 22nd April
 * Margaret Thatcher's funeral was a political broadcast - We all deserve a dignified send-off. Instead, this occasion was hijacked and turned into a state-endorsed celebration of a legacy bitterly detested by millions - 17th April
 * Our hate figures and heroes are mere surfers on the tide of history - From Thatcher to Mandela - history is not one grand soap opera, in which the characters at the top pull huge levers that dictate the fate of millions - 15th April
 * Thatcherism was a national catastrophe that still poisons us - We are in the midst of the third great economic collapse since the Second World War: all three have taken place since Thatcherism launched its great crusade - 9th April
 * Labour cannot win by debating welfare on the Tories' terms - The week I saw how low the right will stoop - 6th April
 * Philpott verdict: Condemn the guilty person, not an entire class - When these sorts of horrors take place it is natural to look for wider lessons - but here that impulse must be resisted. This is simply a story of nauseating cruelty - 3rd April
 * How the People's Assembly can challenge our suffocating political consensus - and why it's vital that we do - The cartel of modern politics is only ever disrupted from the right. Now, with the help of like-minded others, I will be touring the country to set up a left-wing movement - 25th March
 * Workfare: Why did so many Labour MPs accept this brutal, unforgivable attack on vulnerable people? - Labour's leadership is failing to uphold its party's values - 21st March
 * Cameron's days at No 10 may be numbered, but the national agenda is still set by the right - The Prime Minister is surrounded by ideological crusaders and they've succeeded in turning the politically impossible into the politically inevitable - 11th March
 * Hugo Chavez lifted millions out of poverty – and even his opponents accepted he won elections fair and square - The President's death will be mourned by millions of Venezuelans - 7th March
 * The latest front in Operation Divide and Rule sees soldiers being used to fight a political battle - Defence Secretary Philip Hammond wants to divert welfare spending to the military - 4th March
 * As Tory austerity inflicts misery on millions, Labour should articulate their alternative to Osbornomics - In fact, they already have - in Ed Balls's celebrated Bloomberg speech, which is the founding document of British neo-Keynesianism. That text should be revisited - 25th February
 * The Left should learn about plain speaking from George Galloway - The Right is better at communicating because it uses stories so much - 18th February
 * What a tragedy that we couldn't stop the war in Iraq despite marching in our thousands - Forget the expenses scandal: it was Iraq that exploded what trust millions had in our political establishment. But the real anguish lies elsewhere - 11th February
 * Equal marriage: As we celebrate, let's not forget those who fought to get us here - And countless centuries of bigotry haven't disappeared with one fell swoop - 6th February
 * The bedroom tax is just the latest assault on our poorest citizens - The Government needs to demonise its victims as state dependent leeches - 4th February
 * What my generation can learn from the Holocaust - We should recall that hatred continues to be fanned against entire peoples, and that man is capable of both wonderful benevolence and unspeakable horrors - 28th January
 * British politics urgently needs a new force - a movement on the Left to counter capitalism's crisis - If a new, networked movement of the Left could agree on some key principles, and avoid creating another battleground for ultra-left sects, it could give a voice to millions - 21st January
 * The war in Libya was seen as a success, now here we are engaging with the blowback in Mali - Our Government and media may often ignore the price of Western interventions, but in future conflicts and fuel for radical Islamist groups, it is still paid nonetheless - 14th January
 * The Welfare Bill: A government of millionaires just made the poor poorer - and laughed as they did it - A brutal assault from ideologically-crazed demagogues comes down to this: you have been mugged and therefore your less deserving neighbour should be mugged too - 9th January
 * The Tories intend going on and on. Labour needs a radical alternative - David Cameron has announced he plans to continue in power until 2020 - 7th January



Articles: 2012

 * Sexual violence is not a cultural phenomenon in India - it is endemic everywhere - Cases are not discussed nearly enough for how prevalent the crimes are - 31st December
 * The strange death of Labour Scotland - Working class and young voters need to be inspired again. Somebody should grab the Labour leadership by the lapels and tell them to be more radical - 24th December
 * Plebgate: If a minister is treated like this, what hope is there for black kids from Brixton? - No black man could yell obscenities at the police without being promptly handcuffed - 20th December
 * As opinion polls give Ukip a boost, it's time to ask what Britain's third party really wants - Like many political figures, in private Ukip leader Nigel Farage is charming, playful and witty - but his views are political poison - 17th December
 * Against George Osborne's war on the poor and the vile stupidity of his "workers vs shirkers" narrative - Amid talk of setting political traps for Labour, the Chancellor of the Exchequer used his Autumn Statement to attack many of the most vulnerable people in our society - 10th December
 * Tragic deaths that demand a better response than I witnessed - Even as mental distress and the risk of suicide soar, support is being slashed - 3rd December
 * The cosy consensus I saw on Question Time's panel is a disservice to every man and woman in Britain - Given how thirsty the electorate is for anything that counters the sterility of Westminster, the rewards for a party that has the courage to speak out will be huge - 26th November
 * In Britain as in Europe, the protests against austerity have failed. We have to try another way - What our columnist calls the Great Reverse - a slide in general wellbeing married with a removal of rights that have been won over decade - deserves a robust response - 21st November
 * Yes, Newsnight screwed up, but let’s remember who the real victims are – and listen to them - In a rush to condemn the BBC it seems one of the most horrendous cases of child abuse is being overlooked - 12th November
 * We need nothing less than a revolution to make the EU serve democracy and working people again - Why isn't the Left kicking off about an institution that is clearly damaging the interest of workers across the continent? Fear of guilt by association, mostly - 6th November
 * The Green agenda is suffering under the Tories. Here's how we can put it back on the map - A few years ago the Prime Minister was hugging huskies - now his party's policies threaten to speed up global warming - 28th October
 * They’re out to get Cameron, but let’s not laugh too soon - After #plebgate and #traingate the left longs to see Cameron unseated - but be careful what you wish for - 21st October
 * BAE Systems, arms traders, and how the sordid greed of some of our rulers knows no bounds - Over the past few years we've had countless examples of the nexus that binds politicians, civil servants, the arms trade and despotism - 15th October
 * We demonise Chavez for his challenge to our Western dogma - Critics should stop pretending he’s a dictator. He won fair and square - 9th October
 * Yes, Ed Miliband demonstrated a new charisma here. But he still needs to break from Tory austerity - And if it does come to pass that Labour wins the next election, Ed's promise to end free market experimentation in the NHS should be played on loop - 3rd October
 * Whatever happened to the Labour Party? - These days the people Labour exists to represent work in shops, call centres and offices rather than factories and mines. But they need a voice now more than ever - 1st October
 * Come on you local councillors. Resist these cuts! - Councils across Britain will soon by unable to deliver statutory services. Managing the misery isn't good enough. Local councillors must take action - 24th September
 * Not all socialists want to dance on Margaret Thatcher's grave. I want her to go on and on - Despite the manifest failures of Thatcherism, talk of celebrating her death is futile. Concentrate on building an economy that works for working people - 17th September
 * Hague is wrong: we must own up to our brutal colonial past - We associate the term 'concentration camps' with the Nazis. But it started with the British - 3rd September
 * David Cameron praises Paralympians, but his policies will crush them - The Government intends driving 500,000 people off the Disability Living Allowance - 27th August
 * Getting rid of George W. Bush wasn't enough. The US remains a bully - The issue isn't Obama, any more than it was Bush before him. The issue is US power - 23rd August
 * There should be no immunity for Assange from these allegations - Ecuador is wrong to describe the charges against the WikiLeaks founder as 'laughable' - 17th August
 * It's not competitive spirit that poor kids lack, but fields on which to compete - Only state intervention can counter the massive advantages the most privileged schools have - 10th August
 * One tragedy doesn't make the case for compulsory helmets - If we're going to make cycling safer, we need to tackle bad driving - 3rd August
 * Islamophobia: For Muslims, read Jews. And be shocked - Imagine our alarm if nearly half the UK population said they believed that 'there are too many Jews' - 13th July
 * When 'coming out' ends, equality will be total - There's a sense that if you are born gay, you have an automatic responsibility to take a stand about it - 6th July
 * If rigging rates isn't anti-social behaviour, what is, dude? - Did they ever stop, stare out of the window, and ponder the impact of their profiteering? - 29th June
 * Soulless workplaces are self- defeating for the boss class, too - More than 22 million working days are lost each year to work-related stress and depression - 22nd June
 * Working-class Toryism is dying and it's taking the party with it - Thatcherism's trashing of communities created a culture of anti-Toryism in swathes of the country - 15th June
 * England, Miliband's England, is a lost country - Labour would do better to champion the interests of the working people it was set up to represent - 8th June
 * It's time to demolish the myth about Tony Blair - His defenders argue Labour couldn't have won without him but Black Wednesday in 1992 finished off the Tories - 1st June
 * If socialists really did run the show, working people would benefit - Rather than having to engage in debate, an opponent can be dismissed as extremist - 25th May
 * Hatred of those on benefits is dangerously out of control - Taking away support can only be achieved by demonising recipients as scroungers in mansions - 18th May
 * This austerity backlash across Europe could transform Britain - The truth is that the real world has paid the high priests of austerity an unwelcome visit - 11th May
 * The battle that men who aren't sexist must fight - The abuse Louise Mensch has been subjected to provides an insight into attitudes that are rampant - 4th May
 * A book that hit a nerve when we realised we weren't all in it together - The economic crisis has focused attention on the distribution of wealth and power - 1st May
 * Great for the rich – but what if you're poor? - What a wonderful time to be rich in Britain! - 30th April
 * The Coalition has failed. There is an alternative. Can Ed Miliband be its champion? - It's up to the Labour leader to offer the country a coherent Plan B - 27th April
 * I can afford to pay the rent – most people can't - To get a two-bed place in Tower Hamlets you need more than double the median household income - 20th April
 * Norway's dignity in dealing with its worst killer will heal the wounds of his atrocities - Prison cells in Norway are the stuff of Daily Mail nightmares, and Breivik could end up with a flat-screen TV, a personal trainer and even a rock-climbing wall - 17th April
 * The 1 per cent have an interest in demonising Ken Livingstone - Few journalists mention Boris's slights against black people: all that talk of 'piccaninnies' - 13th April
 * Leave our kids alone – or pay a heavy price - Parents' desperation to ensure that their children have a decent future should never be underestimated - 6th April
 * We're now governed by the political wing of the wealthy - Cruddas's pledge to donors gives an insight into how power works in Cameron's Britain - 30th March
 * Who do the Tories really represent? - 30th March
 * The war isn't between young and old – it's the rich versus the rest of us - Britain is at war. The pampered baby boomers have feathered their nests at the expense of an increasingly besieged and impoverished young generation - 24th March
 * Champagne – but no socialism – as Square Mile gets set to celebrate - Of all the arguments that George Osborne could present to the House of Commons in favour of reducing the 50p tax band, public opinion was not one of them - 22nd March
 * My father, and the reality of losing your job in middle age - If the under-24s are the 'lost generation', then the over-40s are the 'forgotten generation' - 9th March
 * If trade unions don't fight the workers' corner – others will - The political and media establishments treat unions as if they have no legitimate place in life - 2nd March
 * Gay people have come a long way – but hatred is still out there - Outright bigotry is in retreat, but a substantial chunk of the population still has a problem - 27th January



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 * No regular column



Articles:

 * To really combat terror, end support for Saudi Arabia - Ramped up rhetoric on security makes no sense so long as the west cosies up to dictatorships that support fundamentalism - 1st September 2014
 * The British tradition that Thatcher could not destroy - A powerful new film brought me to tears with its celebration of cooperation, solidarity and selflessness - 18th August 2014
 * 'Israel under renewed Hamas attack', says the BBC. More balance is needed - First thoughts: The macabre truth is that Israeli life is deemed by the western media to be worth more than a Palestinian life – here is the hierarchy of death at work - 9th July 2014
 * Jon Cruddas is right: Labour must beware the dead hand - An obsession with focus groups and gimmicky policies can only hurt the party – it needs to present an inspiring alternative - 30th June 2014
 * Why the left must speak up about the persecution of Christians - First thoughts: Meriam Ibrahim's persecution in Sudan rightly draws attention to the mistreatment of Christians across the world - 25th June 2014
 * A £10 charge to visit a GP would be just the start of a slippery slope for the NHS - We either let our NHS be trashed by the privatisers and cutters, or we defend a properly funded, publicly run, universal system that is free at the point of use - 18th June
 * The CIA's cute first tweet can't cover its bloody tracks - As the agency strives to craft a cuddly new image, we mustn't allow it to whitewash its history of torture and murder - 9th June 2014
 * Britain's first secret trial: this way lies trouble - First thoughts: If we allow hard-won freedoms to be discarded without a fight, what is to stop the powerful coming for other rights? - 6th June 2014
 * The One Direction spliff saga could give them a lift - The young pin-ups' clean-cut image won't sustain them forever – the expectations of their huge fan base need to change in the long run - 30th May 2014
 * Labour must revive the politics of hope, not have Nick Clegg chased by a cat - First thoughts: A party political broadcast belittling the Lib Dem leader won't be enough to get Ed Miliband into Downing Street - 9th May 2014
 * The north-south divide is a myth – and a distraction - It may seem disloyal to my northern homeland, but what really carves up this country is wealth and power, not geography - 4th May 2014
 * The foaming Tory response to Labour's rental reforms stops any rational debate - First thoughts: Baiting Ed Miliband's rental proposals as reds-under-the-beds shows a Tory party afraid of proper political engagement - 1st May
 * Stand with Lenny Henry, not just against Ukip's bigots - It is easy to get angry over racism when it is overt, but let's not forget the scandal that gave rise to the Henwood outburst - 28th April 2014
 * What Alan Carr taught me about gay men's homophobia - Gay men have a big problem with camp, understandably. But prejudice is corrosive, wherever it comes from - 21st April
 * Britain's church and state should divorce: it would set them both free - First thoughts: I welcome the debate about the church that David Cameron has prompted, but it's time we embraced disestablishment - 17th April
 * Despite the Nigel Evans trial, the wrongly accused are not the main victims in rape cases - Yes the innocent MP suffered, but we must not go back to the Jimmy Savile era and ignore those who've been sexually abused - 14th April 2014
 * This housing hysteria can only end in a painful national hangover - First thoughts: The cult of home ownership may benefit the Tories in the short term, but there is no 'feelgood factor' for those left out - 10th April 2014
 * Lord Robertson is trying to bully Scots into voting no in the referendum - The former defence secretary and Nato chief's claims that a Scottish break from the union will imperil the west are part of an anti-democratic campaign that is backfiring - 9th April 2014
 * Britain is going backwards on violence against women - Victims of domestic abuse face devastating funding cuts, while their plight is ignored by our media and political elite - 30th March
 * Farage flourished on TV – but then, so did Clegg once - Ukip is muscling in on the big boys' table now, thanks to the TV debate. But it's tough up there – just ask the Lib Dems - 27th March 2014
 * Libya is a disaster we helped create. The west must take responsibility - Who could object to the removal of Colonel Gaddafi? But what has happened since shames western interventionists - 24th March 2014
 * It's the BBC's rightwing bias that is the threat to democracy and journalism - The claim of 'liberal bias' is a clever fairytale that allows the right to police the corporation and set the wider political agenda - 17th March 2014
 * Yes, there is still life for the left after Tony Benn and Bob Crow - The deaths of Tony Benn and Bob Crow in the same week have led many to ask what's left of the left. Plenty, actually – and in any case, it's not about individuals, it's about collective action - 15th March 2014
 * Operation Get Nigel Farage is politics of the lowest form - It sticks in the craw to defend the Ukip leader from the latest smear campaign, but if we want to rid Britain of this toxic approach, we must - 13th March 2014
 * The Met's problem isn't bad apples, it's the whole barrel. Abolish it - After Stephen Lawrence, Ian Tomlinson and countless other scandals, it's clear the Metropolitan police is institutionally rotten. London deserves better - 10th March



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