Articles by James Bloodworth

James Bloodworth is former editor of Left Foot Forward, one of the UK's top political blogs, and the author of The Myth of Meritocracy.

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Poor millennials will be the fattest generation – the march of progress is to blame

The 10 worst areas in Britain in terms of overweight or obese children are also among the worst 10 for child poverty.

Feb 27, 2018

Obesity

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Britain's pathetic politicians are drowning in the blood of tortured Syria

The latest butchery in the Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta by Assad forces shames the isolationist United Kingdom.

Feb 22, 2018

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Why British politics is being contaminated by conspiracy theories

Conspiracy theories about George Soros and Oxfam reveal something disconcerting about the road down which British politics is currently travelling.

Feb 15, 2018

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The gig economy is exploitation masquerading as freedom

Multi-million-pound firms are, like Uber and Deliveroo, are offloading business risk onto some of the poorest people in Britain.

Feb 7, 2018

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Government knows the consequences of Brexit will be disastrous - but experts will be ignored again

Leaked paper shows Brexit is likely to damage the British economy significantly - but will it be the game-changer it is being touted as by many prominent Remainers?

Jan 30, 2018

Brexit

Davos 2018: Capitalism still has much to do before it can claim victory

The global elite gathered at Davos for the World Economic Forum must heed the more sceptical accounts of unstoppable progress.

Jan 24, 2018

Brexit

Why Carillion was a massive Ponzi scheme

the collapse of Carillion says a great deal about the state of Britain in the twenty-first century.

Jan 18, 2018

The Virgin Daily Mail ban isn't censorship – but it makes me uneasy

The West Coast trains move has been decried as an attack on free speech by the Daily Mail and its political allies.

Jan 10, 2018

Nigel Farage

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Why have left wingers greeted the Iran protests with miserable silence

Will the left support the struggle of the Iranian people?

Jan 2, 2018

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Brexit is the replacement of one set of elites with another

It is this contradiction between the rhetoric of the Brexiteers and the reality that makes the whole thing feel like such a con.

Dec 22, 2017

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A 'centrist' party is the political equivalent of a tantrum

Toys are thrown out of the pram based on the notion that Jeremy Corbyn's rise to the summit of the Labour Party is some kind of coup.

Dec 15, 2017

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Nationalisation won't magically solve the problems of Britain's railways

Rail fares are going up because the government is trying to shift the burden of subsidy from the state onto the passenger.

Dec 7, 2017

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Don't forget Britain's bloody appeasement of Ratko Mladić and racist Serbian nationalism

Ratko Mladić, the Serb commander who presided over the murder of more than 8,000 men and boys at Srebrenica in Bosnia, will die in jail.

Nov 23, 2017

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Russian trolls didn't cause Brexit – but their global meddling is a real danger to democracy

Whereas once the West was responsible for everything good in the world, today it is the source of everything that is bad.

Nov 16, 2017

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Why the millennials are toying with a return to socialism

Liberals would do well to examine the growing problems facing young adults in Western democracies today.

Nov 11, 2017

Jeremy Corbyn

Those on the left who love the whiff of 'revolution' have been blindsided by Catalan separatism

The referendum of 1 October is not the referendum the Catalan people need. Nor does its result give us a clear idea of what the nation actually wants.

Nov 1, 2017

The Russian Revolution and the judgement of history

A century has passed since the Bolsheviks stormed the Winter Palace in search of 'Peace, Land and Bread'.

Oct 26, 2017

Russia

Politics isn't about being polite to Tories if they inflict suffering on people

Liberals attacked the Labour MP Laura Pidcock for saying she wouldn't be friends with a Conservative because they can't stomach the cruel reality of life for many people.

Oct 11, 2017

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Theresa May's speech was awful – and not just because of the bizarre disasters

The prime minister's speech at the Conservative party conference will make headlines for its appalling performance, but the policies in there were bad too.

Oct 4, 2017

Theresa May

We'll all be exploited like Uber drivers unless we fight back against the 'gig economy'

The ongoing squabble about regulating the consumer side of firms like Uber is only half of the story.

Sep 27, 2017

Uber London

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