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Part the First By Michael Patrick O’Leary There is a certain class of Sri Lankan citizen who believes that their country would be better if still ruled by the British as part of its benevolent Empire. This is pure fantasy because the Empire was never benevolent and there would be no chance of Britain ruling […]

We knew the markets would react sharply to us and were prepared for that. These free-market zealots had no plan at all, says former shadow chancellor John McDonnell

Suffering from similar pressures on household budgets, voters are more sympathetic to strikers than at any time since Mrs Thatcher

Corbyn expounded on a number of themes while never once mentioning the role of the Labour Party, in which he has spent almost his entire political career and which he led for nearly five years.

The decision by President Nixon to close the gold window shattered the international monetary system that had formed a key foundation of the postwar capitalist order.

Freya and Eureka), and now the late 70s, a time of strikes, IRA violence and the imminent election of Margaret Thatcher. It’s David Peace territory, but Quinn is a steadier, suaver writer, relying on the old-school charms of rounded characters and a clockwork plot. Involving police corruption and showbiz hanky-panky, London, Burning brings together four strangers: Hannah, a go-getting reporter; Vicky, a newly promoted detective; Callum, an English lecturer from County Down; and Freddie, ...

ORIGINAL plans for devolution to Scotland included a House of Lords and single-party rule from Westminster. New documents unsealed from the National Archives today show discussions between Harold Wilson, then Labour Prime Minister, and his closest advisors about the need to slow down devolution to Scotland and Wales. They also detail how the Prime Minister thought Scotland was “a bit frightening”. The documents dating from 1974 and 1975, before the failed referendum of 1979, describ...