‘Phase One’ Trade Deal Doesn’t End the US-China Trade War
The ‘phase one’ trade agreement signed by the US and China on 15 January does not mark the end of their almost two-year trade war. Even as a truce this one is only partial, with two-thirds of the tariffs imposed by both governments over the past 18 months still in place. At best this represents […]
AOC and Joe Biden Should Not Be In The Same Party
Since her shock election to the House of Representatives in 2018, beating Democratic Party institution Joe Crowley, AOC has developed a following of millions because of her fearless telling truth to power, fighting for a Green New Deal, against ICE and supporting Bernie Sanders. For that alone she has earned the enmity of the corporate […]
Thousands March for Independence in Scotland
Nicola Sturgeon must ‘accept defeat’. This was Johnson’s response to the SNP’s latest request for a second ‘indyref’. Far from being defeated, the general election gave the SNP a massive majority in Scotland, winning 48 of 59 parliamentary seats. The Tories lost 3.5% of the vote compared with 2017 and seven of their 13 seats. […]