Don’t Trust the Met
The Met’s intervention into the Sue Gray report should come as no surprise: cover-ups are in its DNA.
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Francesca Newton
Francesca Newton is online editor at Tribune.
Sheila Rowbotham: In Hope and Struggle
Sheila Rowbotham discusses life in the struggle for women’s liberation, her path to socialist feminism – and why she believes the debates of the 1970s continue to hold such resonance today.
Replacing Boris Johnson Is Not Enough
After the North Shropshire by-election defeat, there have been calls to replace Boris Johnson with another Tory leader – but the problem with this government isn’t personality, it’s policy.
Owen Paterson Is Not an Anomaly
The Owen Paterson scandal isn’t about rogue individuals – it shines a light on a political system where corporate money shapes public policy.
The ‘Squid Game’ Trap
The extraordinary success of Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ demonstrates how many people relate to a portrayal of capitalism’s miseries – and how few feel there is any way to escape.
Commemorating the Avoidable
The proper way to respect Britain’s pandemic dead would be to end the corruption, overcrowding, and privatisation that caused thousands of unnecessary deaths in the first place.
POLL: 65% of British Public Supports £15 Minimum Wage
A new poll from Survation and Autonomy has revealed overwhelming support for increasing the minimum wage to £15 per hour – just days after the issue led to a resignation from Labour’s Shadow Cabinet.
Abolish Golf
According to new research, the golf courses of London occupy enough space to house hundreds of thousands of people. It’s time that land was put to better use.
Justice for the 97
This week, Andrew Devine became the 97th victim of the Hillsborough disaster to be unlawfully killed – but until there is real accountability for those responsible for covering up state crimes, there can never be justice.
We Still Need to Kill the Bill
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill is due to finish its current stage today, returning to Parliament in early July. We can and must kill it – but we should also be asking how our ‘democratic’ system produced it in the first place.
Some Very British Violence
The scenes at Clapham Common earlier this year prompted shocked realisations about police brutality — but state violence is a defining feature of our isolated, individualised world.
The Cladding Scandal Isn’t Over
The government has promised repeatedly to end the cladding scandal, but the new Fire Safety Act and the funding on the table go nowhere near far enough – residents need safe homes now.
Let the People Piss
Hundreds of public toilets across Britain have been closed by a decade of austerity, meaning many people have to pay in pubs or cafés to go to the toilet – it amounts to the privatisation of taking a piss.
The ‘Chumocracy’ Is Just British Capitalism in Action
For a clique of Tory-aligned business figures, the pandemic hasn’t been a crisis – it’s been a golden opportunity to hoover up government contracts and make millions at the expense of the public.
Violence Against Women Isn’t the Exception – it’s the Rule
Sarah Everard’s disappearance has prompted new conversations about the prevalence of violence against women – but for many, a meaningful solution to the problem seems further away than ever.
Childcare Is a Workers’ Right
In the middle of a pandemic, Royal Mail are threatening to close a nursery that cares mainly for the children of postal workers – making them choose between a £1,000-per-month hike in costs or unemployment.
‘The Spy Cops Bill Is One of the Most Dangerous Pieces of Legislation I’ve Seen’
Shami Chakrabarti on the dangers of the ‘Spy Cops’ and Overseas Operations Bills, the Tory culture war against human rights – and why the Labour Party is too scared to stand up to it.
10 Ways Corporations Have Exploited Covid-19
For many, 2020 has been a nightmare; for others, it’s been a moneymaker. Big corporate interests have profited from the pandemic – and screwed the workers who kept society running.
The Hostile Environment is Targeting the Homeless at Christmas
New Home Office policy threatens to punish the foreign homeless with deportation, but Labour councils in London, Oxford and Manchester are pushing back – and have vowed not to comply.
Labour Must Vote Against the Spy Cops Bill
By abstaining on today’s Spy Cops Bill, Labour is giving the green light for the police and MI5 to infiltrate our trade unions and social movements – it is a scandal that should appal party activists.