Three weeks ago, we here at the Banter wrote an article about what it would mean if (when) Republicans force through a series of laws designed to "protect the integrity of the ballot" by making it more difficult for people to vote. The bottom line was that this would be the ...read more

There are rarely times when you get to see a political figure so real and so talented that your jaw literally hits the floor. Watching Mhairi Black, a 20 year old Scottish National Party member deliver an emotionally raw, fierce maiden speech in Parliament eviscerating the ...read more

Martin Lewis on Rupert Murdoch's motivation to build a reactionary Right Wing press: Murdoch's smarts told him that he could profit mightily if only there was a permanent Conservative government in power in the UK. But how to do that when working class people selfishly ...read more

Continuing the tradition of stripping money from the state sector, the Conservative government is facing mounting resistance from the British public who have not bought in to the narrative that public sector pensions need 'reforming' (code word for 'defunding'). Reports the ...read more