Does Labour’s change of leadership reflect anything more politically profound than a change of personnel? HAZEL HAED asseses the evidence. Gordon Brown’s long and painful wait to assume the top spot in British politics is now coming to an end. After enduring Tony Blair’s farcically long goodbye, Brown was shorn of the need actually...
The temptation of honest mutuality
DAVID BYRNE examines the recommodification of the welfare state, and says mutuals must decide which side they are for – corporate capital or socialism. “He who sups with the devil had best use a long spoon.” (Traditional) We are at a crisis point in the trajectory of welfare capitalism. It is worth dwelling for...
A task of two halves
ADAM BROWN reports on an acrimonious end to the government’s Football Task Force, and analyses its failings. The Football Task Force was set up in July 1997 by the incoming Labour government and concluded its business in December 1999. Its remit covered seven specific areas: racism; disabled access to grounds; football’s role in the...