Category Archives: Economy

The Fears of the Powerful and the Hopes of the Peaceful

Posted on 01/10/2015 by Ed Sykes

After two decades of cruising along the contaminated economic canals built by Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s, the Labour Party’s failure to win the 2015 election proved quite definitively that it had no fuel left (even with the oil stolen … Continue reading →

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New Labour Is Right-Wing, but Corbyn Could Change That

Posted on 24/07/2015 by Ed Sykes

Did Ed Miliband lead “a traditional left-wing party” into the 2015 elections? Or is the difference between New Labour and the Conservatives “more about what the parties choose to talk about rather than any great differences in policy”?[1] If we … Continue reading →

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