[PDF file]: […] to ensure effective Parliamentary democratic scrutiny of the intelligence and security services.’ It was signed by just 9 of the House of Commons current 650 members, eight Labour MPs and one Liberal-Democrat.26 25 26 12 security. An informed and responsible debate is needed.’ ‘……should be able to undertake its own investigations as the members […]
[PDF file]: […] been given free rein to pontificate on the issues of the day, with very little examination of his own record in office. Let’s not forget that New Labour did little to change the Thatcherite political settlement, continuing the drive to privatisation and maintaining the radical taxation regime the Tories had introduced. Top rates of […]
[PDF file]: […] quickly, it appears to be the massed ranks of Parliament rallying behind the new Prime Minister. A closer inspection shows that Churchill’s main supporters are from the Labour Party, with all the prominent Conservatives being in the second or third rows, if they are identifiable at all. The UK opposition Some of the surgery […]
[…] been given free rein to pontificate on the issues of the day, with very little examination of his own record in office. Let’s not forget that New Labour did little to change the Thatcherite political settlement, continuing the drive to privatisation and maintaining the radical taxation regime the Tories had introduced. Top rates of […]
[…] needs a philosophy, a set of principles, an ideology. Indeed Starmer’s need is greater than Major’s was. A Conservative administration benefits from a sense of purpose; a Labour government cannot survive without one. Progressive politics needs a galvanising, uniting, liberating, crusading temper – the arc of history may be long, or 3 4 5 […]
[…] been given free rein to pontificate on the issues of the day, with very little examination of his own record in office. Let’s not forget that New Labour did little to change the Thatcherite political settlement, continuing the drive to privatisation and maintaining the radical taxation regime the Tories had introduced. Top rates of […]
[…] needs a philosophy, a set of principles, an ideology. Indeed Starmer’s need is greater than Major’s was. A Conservative administration benefits from a sense of purpose; a Labour government cannot survive without one. Progressive politics needs a galvanising, or 3 4 5 2 uniting, liberating, crusading temper – the arc of history may be […]
[…] been given free rein to pontificate on the issues of the day, with very little examination of his own record in office. Let’s not forget that New Labour did little to change the Thatcherite political settlement, continuing the drive to privatisation and maintaining the radical taxation regime the Tories had introduced. Top rates of […]
[PDF file]: […] had proved so destructive, committed itself to sustaining through its own spending an overall level of economic activity (‘aggregate demand’) capable of generating the full employment of labour and capital. This was supplemented by support for welfare states financed by progressive taxation and the proceeds of economic growth. Workers enjoyed job security and good […]
[PDF file]: […] – the economy, especially in the South – could not conceivably be what they are if it had not been (and this is still so) for cheap labour. I am speaking very seriously, and this is not an overstatement: I picked cotton, I carried it to the market, I built the railroads under someone […]
