Labour will not contest the by-election forced by the resignation of shadow home secretary David Davis, which he says is intended to initiate a public debate on the government’s attack on democratic rights. Julie Hyland reports.

The Brown government managed to pass its new anti-terror bill through parliament on Wednesday by a majority of just nine. Julie Hyland reports.

Despite the Brown government’s £2.7 billion tax cut package, designed to placate voters’ anger over its decision to abolish the 10 pence tax band, the Tories recent triumph has led to the death of New Labour and new life for Cameron’s crew argues Julie Hyland.

With Gordon Brown suffering badly at the polls and with worse results predicted, Julie Hyland asks just what is this thing called the Labour party for, exactly?

For working people, New Labour is a hostile entity that must be replaced by a genuine party of socialism, write Chris Marsden and Julie Hyland.

British troops appeared to play more of a role in the latest fighting in Basra than the government cares to admit, says Julie Hyland. And the chances for an inquiry into the war received a further blow with the Conservatives’ motion easy defeat in the Commons.

Earlier this month, the International Students for Social Equality held a series of meetings to mark the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war at the University of Glasgow, University of Manchester, the London School of Economics and Brighton University. Julie Hyland addressed the Glasgow meeting.

Julie Hyland looks at the racist overtones of the BBC’s recent ‘White Season’ series.

This is the conclusion of a two-part series by Julie Hyland, analysing the political issues in London’s May 1 elections for Mayor and the London Assembly. The “>first part was posted March 14.

This is the first of a two-part series by Julie Hylandanalysing the political issues in London’s May 1 elections for Mayor and the London Assembly. The second part will appear on March 15.

A number of extraordinary revelations over the last week are indicative of a deep malaise surrounding the Brown government, leading some to suggest that its days are numbered, writes Julie Hyland.

On the 1st November, a jury found the Metropolitan Police guilty of breaking health and safety laws over the shooting death of innocent Brazilian electrician Jean Charles de Menezes on a London underground carriage on July 22, 2005. By Julie Hyland.

King Abdullah’s accusation that the UK failed to act on Saudi intelligence that could have prevented the July 7, 2005, London bombings has met with vigorous denials from the Brown government, writes Julie Hyland.

Julie Hyland on recent reports that UK troops in Iraq have been redeployed to the Iranian border at the US’s request.

Julie Hyland on the passivity of the Trades Union Congress during Brown’s recent appearance at their annual meeting.

Judging from Brown’s recent declarations, writes Julie Hyland, no withdrawal of British troops from Iraq is currently on the cards.

In contrast to Iraq, the US-led occupation of Afghanistan is being portrayed as a “winnable.” But a report by Channel 4 News, writes Julie Hyland, has disclosed just how it is intended to secure victory—through the use of thermobaric weapons.

The second report by the Independent Police Complaints Commission on the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes is yet another sordid episode in the cover-up of the brutal state execution of an innocent man, writes Julie Hyland.

Labour’s turn to rich benefactors in order to fund its election campaigns was necessitated by the collapse in its membership and electoral support, write Chris Marsden and Julie Hyland.

The Iraq Commission, which reported on July 14, was established to consider Britain’s role in Iraq. What it has produced amounts to a political apologia for the catastrophic war and continued occupation, writes Julie Hyland.