Section: Prospect (The United Kingdom)
Why the left should vote “Leave”
Labour MP Kate Hoey speaks at a “Grassroots Out” event—an organisation that supports Britain leaving the European Union. 6th February 2016 ©NurPhoto/SIPA USA/PA Images : Brexit is the left-wing choice It’s getting towards the end now and both sides are going for the knockout. The Remain camp’s best shots are still fear and more fear,...
Ten things Cameron should do if we vote “Remain”
Prime Minister David Cameron delivers a speech to EasyJet employees at the company’s Airport hangar in Luton, 24th May 2016 ©Jack Taylor/AP/Press Association Images : What would Brexit do to the pound? If the UK votes on 23rd June to stay in the EU, Britain and its partners will face a choice: to carry on with their previous dysfunctional...
Is the EU responsible for the crisis in Ukraine?
A mannequin of Russian President Vladimir Putin is hung from a make-shift gallows pole as protestors demand that Russia release Ukranian prisoner Nadiya Savchenko, 6th March, 2016. Savchenko was released yesterday—and during her imprisonment became a symbol of Ukranian resistance against Moscow ©Sergii Kharchenko/NEWZULU/PA Images : Book...
Crimes and punishment
Palace of Justice, Nuremberg, 20th November 1945 : Barack Obama has failed Africa I always wanted to know exactly how my father had managed to escape from Nazi-occupied Poland and survive the Holocaust that killed almost his entire family. Like so many other refugees trying to build a new life in a foreign land, he didn’t want to talk about...
In: the case for Europe
David Cameron makes campaign calls for Britain Stronger in Europe, alongside Tessa Powell, Paddy Ashdown and Neil Kinnock (right) ©Stefan Rousseau/AFP/Getty Images The 23rd June referendum on whether the UK will stay in the European Union will be an immense jolt to the country’s politics and economics whatever the result. If British people...
David Owen: Leaving the EU would make us safer
An American soldier stands in front of a F-22 Raptor fighter jet. The jet, one of two, is part of “Operation Atlantic Resolve,” a demonstration of the US’ commitment to NATO. Britain should show similar commitment, argues David Owen ©Mindaugas Kulbis/AP/Press Association Images : Brexit would not damage UK security In April, I spoke in...
Interview: Neil Kinnock—Labour has made no progress under Corbyn
Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock ©Stefan Rousseau/PA Archive/Press Association Images Neil Kinnock, former Labour leader, has harsh words for what he calls Labour’s “ultra-left”—having fought a political battle against them in the 1980s. “Those who haven’t changed should just grow up and realise that the world isn’t what they...
Anti-Zionism vs Anti-Semitism: it is becoming a distinction without a difference
Labour MP Naz Shah, who recently stirred up controversy by sharing a Facebook post that was viewed as being anti-Semitic ©PA/PA Wire/Press Association Images Where to start with Labour and anti-Semitism? At the top. As the Russian saying goes “a fish rots from the head.” This crisis—and it is one—is the direct and entirely predictable consequence...
Corruption? The developing world has bigger problems
Demonstrators in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, protest against corruption in the country last year. 17th August, 2015 ©ROSENDO CASTILLO/NEWZULU/PA Images Few challenges in international development ignite as much passion as corruption. Perhaps ironically given the recent Panama Papers scandal, the UK government has encouraged the “zero tolerance”...
Gisela Stuart—Labour’s EU stance is alienating “swathes of traditional voters”
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (left) delivers a speech arguing that Britain should stay in the European Union. To his right is Alan Johnson, Chairman of “Labour In.” Senate House, London, 14th April 2016 : Brexit is the left-wing choice The Labour Party already has “a division between MPs and members—and now we’re introducing one between MPs...
