anti austerity

Reclaiming the Labour Party? Thoughts on the Corbyn Phenomenon

Chaminda Weerawardhana on August 11, 2015, 10:05 pm

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The entry of Jeremy Corbyn MP to the 2015 Labour leadership contest injected an unexpected bout of energy to an internal election within the Labour Party that would have otherwise been near-unnoticeable. Media attention to Mr Corbyn has intensified in the aftermath of recent surveys and poll findings that he could well be on the lead. A key factor that distinguishes the Corbyn candidacy is the Blairite political blandness of his contenders for Labour leadership. Liz Kendall, Andy Burnham and …

Failure of anti austerity narrative and the political fallout of the ‘Greek Diktat’ in Ireland?

Mick Fealty on July 14, 2015, 11:38 am

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“There is nothing so practical as a good theory…” – Kurt Lewin (1890-1947) So here’s the pattern. You protest that the lot who are in power are corrupt and are letting the people down, and have not asked for what they would inevitably be given, if only they had asked for it. In the case of Greece, despite a long hard haul out from under an impossible burden, the Greek economy eventually clocked up a 2% rate. Not bad for a country …