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In 1813, the Duke of Wellington famously wrote that the soldiers he commanded were ‘the scum of the earth’, more inclined to drinking and looting than to martial service. The only way to redeem this raw human material, he seemed to think, was to flog them into winning shape. So flogged they were and win […]


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American drug companies are pulling investment from Britain in a bid to drive up NHS prices — showing why medicine is too important to be left to the corporate profiteers.Big Pharm price hikes threaten more excess deaths than Covid. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

More than twelve months of strike action has taken a devastating toll on the NHS. I’m not talking about walkout...


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Peter Mandelson’s downfall is the natural culmination of the New Labour project: an elite experiment that has severed the party from its historic base and opened the door to the far right.Mandelson's rise and downfall have severed Labour's connection with the working class. (Carl Court/Getty Images)

The late Leo Abse — social reformer, author and Labour MP — once recalled his ...


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Shabana Mahmood's reforms to settled status are an immoral crusade against those who keep our care system running. The government needs to backtrack now.The anti-migrant crackdown threatens to collapse the care sector. (Guy Smallman/Getty Images)

In torrid weeks like this, the benefits of being a Labour cabinet minister might seem few and far between. But all those at the gove...


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The Peter Mandelson scandal has shown the endemic corruption of Labour Together, a shadowy entity whose extreme-right fanaticism may have damaged Labour irreversibly.Labour Together is at the root of the current political crisis. (Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)

As someone who has spent my entire adult life in the Labour Party, I have read countless column inches and watched endl...


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