Simon Basketter
- 29 Jun 2008BySimon Basketter
The government’s attempt to massage down figures for the rate of inflation cannot hide its impact on the poor, writes Simon Basketter
- 01 Jun 2008
BySimon BasketterThe expansion of Heathrow airport is part of a plan hatched at its very inception, writes Simon Basketter
- 29 Dec 2007BySimon Basketter
Simon Basketter looks at the links between political lobbying, the ‘free’ market and corruption.
- 01 Aug 2007BySimon Basketter
Simon Basketter takes the Brown government’s housing plans to task.
- 22 Jun 2007BySimon Basketter
Private equity companies are making billions by cutting costs and attacking wages using tax loopholes created by Gordon Brown, writes Simon Basketter
- 11 Jun 2007BySimon Basketter
The plans to give the police more powers to stop and question “terror suspects” has disturbing echoes of the notorious “sus” laws of the early 1980s, writes Simon Basketter
- 04 Dec 2006BySimon Basketter
The reality of race and class today.
- 27 Nov 2006BySimon Basketter
Dont believe the governments latest lies over Iraq. The presence of occupying troops is making a bad situation worse.
- 10 Nov 2006BySimon Basketter
Debunking the myth that immigrants drive down workers wages. The socialist tradition of fighting for unity against racism and capitalism offers the answer.
- 03 Oct 2006BySimon Basketter
This conference is a real chance to shape the future of the left.
- 10 Jan 2006BySimon Basketter
A look at the Bolkestein Directive, which aims to liberalise services throughout the EU and led to the Irish Ferries dispute.
- 08 Oct 2005BySimon Basketter
The peace process means further hardship for all communities in Northern Ireland.