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In Carillion Scandal and Its Cover-Up, Britons Again Accuse Their Government
Up until last week, Carillion was the second largest construction company in the U.K. Now, the outrageous debt and blacklisting scandal that toppled it have exposed the underbelly of Great Britain's costly fetish for privatization at any public cost.
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In Britain, a Jubilant Labour Party Contrasts With Hostility and Dissent Among Tories
Spurred on by the hope that Labour is a "government in waiting", tens of thousands congregated last week in sunny Brighton, eager to be part of Britain's brave new political chapter led by Jeremy Corbyn.
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Record Number of UK Workers Are Living on the Edge With Zero-Hours Contracts
Notoriously low-paid industries rely on zero-hours contracts the most, including the leisure and hotel, retail and restaurant sectors, where record numbers of employees are left not knowing how much work they'll get from week to week.
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8 Lessons U.S. Progressives Can Learn From the U.K. Labour Party
A grassroots network called Momentum, formed in 2015 to build participation and engagement in the Labour Party, mobilized 23,000 members and 150 local chapters through on-the-ground campaigning and social media.
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As Calls Grow for Grenfell Justice, Will U.K. Government Be Held To Account?
The British establishment is ignoring calls for an open and inclusive investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire, which could demonstrate how government and for-profit contractors helped turn 120 homes into a 24-floor death trap.
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Grenfell Tower Is a Shameful Symbol of Growing Inequality – and the Results of Austerity
The tragedy in West London has become a symbol of how a system of austerity, cutting corners and targeting the most vulnerable, ultimately scars society’s poorest.
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The Corbyn Effect: Britain’s Election Just Rewrote the Rules of Parliamentary Politics
Jeremy Corbyn's win demonstrated that in the stale world of parliamentary politics, we need to tear up the rulebook. We need to be realistic about the systemic crises we face. And we need, above all, to demand the impossible.
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Why Are So Many Young Voters Falling for Old Socialists?
Politicians like Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn have carried the left-wing torch in a sort of long-distance relay, skipping generations of centrists like Bill Clinton and Tony Blair, to hand it to today’s under-35s.
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"Dead Woman Walking": How Jeremy Corbyn Buried Theresa May and Reshaped British Politics
Rather than being humiliated in the ballot box, which many party members and Corbyn allies feared, the insurgent campaign coupled with popular manifesto policies designed to “work for the many, not just the few,” paid off.
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Beset by Terrorism, a Resistance Builds Across Britain On Eve of Election
As Britain reels following its second terror attack in two weeks, and with only days to go before the General Election on June 8, voters here are on edge. But, terrorism aside, they're also mad as hell.