BARRY WINTER considers the prospects for the left after the 2010 election. He argues that any future centre left alliance must include socialists, and that the politics of the city can play an important role in reconnecting the left.

‘Something is profoundly wrong with the way we live today. For thirty years we have made a [...]

Integrated education is vital to the future of a non-sectarian Northern Ireland, says Gary Kent

There was a time when Northern Ireland barely made any impact on mainland and mainstream British politics. It was, to use a phrase popularised by the Sunday Times, John Bull’s slum. After partition in 1921, which Britain accepted rather reluctantly, it [...]