The Trades Union Congress Conference in Brighton in October was my first ever political conference, and not a bad start for a socialist. The conference was energetic, ironically, fueled by the cost-of-living crisis and a realization that unions were once…

To maintain societal cohesion, citizens must be bound by a shared set of values. If anarchy and chaos are to be avoided, a unified collection of principles must guide people forward together. This basic philosophy is possible through benevolent and…

You may have noticed recently that the papers and the pundits have been saying that Britain is heading back to the seventies. Although many today possess a mythologised view of the 1970s – a decade of political division and social…