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Europe swings right as Spain turns left

May 30, 2014 5:01 pm Leave your thoughts

All the chatter after the European Elections has been about the surge in the far right parties with the National Front in France and UKIP in the UK leading the charge. Yet in Spain the move has been markedly to the left, writes David Eade.

Fast-tracking Neo-liberalism in India

May 28, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts

Apparently, the results of the national general election in India mark a turning point. We are told that the nation has spoken and has given the new Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his BJP party a 'landslide victory'

In Their Own Juice

May 25, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts

According to press reports, President Barack Obama has decided to let Binyamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas "stew in their own juice."

On Democracy and Strike Ballots

May 22, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts

Given the bloody nose Boris Johnson received from the well supported actions of RMT members in their dispute over the closure of ticket offices, it is not surprising that he should be lobbying Cameron to neutralise the union's opposition