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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Macron's elitist liberalism is hard to swallow for the left but it beats fascism

Be under no illusions that Macron is on the side of socialism or social democracy.

Apr 24, 2017

Marine Le Pen

Labour is heading for its worst election defeat in living memory

The blame for this tragedy isn't just with government – it's with those who voted for an incompetent leader.

Apr 18, 2017

General Election 2017 Theresa May Jeremy Corbyn

I put on two stone working in low-paid jobs - poor people aren't fat because they're lazy

Obese poor people eat junk because they're too worn out by dead-end jobs to cook.

Apr 10, 2017

Jeremy Corbyn

George Osborne kicked the poor and accelerated Britain's decline — he was never a moderate

Liberal conservatism is dying at the hands of populism but progressives shouldn't mourn.

Apr 3, 2017

George Osborne David Cameron Brexit

Remainers need to stop sounding like they want Brexit Britain to fail

If Remainers want to protect the gains made under the EU they need to start winning arguments.

Mar 29, 2017

Brexit European Union Theresa May

Britain is one of the wealthiest countries in the world – so why aren't we happier?

Could it be that Brits want their cake and eat it?

Mar 20, 2017

Greedy ticket touts shut ordinary people out from popular culture with their rip-off prices

The government's crackdown on the bulk-buying of event tickets is a welcome move against touting.

Mar 14, 2017

Ed Sheeran

Stealth taxes hit the poor hardest and treat the public like they're stupid

Many voters are willing to pay more tax for better public services but politicians aren't upfront with us.

Mar 6, 2017

George Osborne

Travis Kalanick's rant at a driver is no different from how Uber treats them every day

Uber avoids its responsibilities as an employer by offloading financial risks of the business onto drivers.

Mar 1, 2017

Uber

Jeremy Corbyn is why Labour lost Copeland – the party is the Titanic and he is its giant hole

Labour's problems run deeper than Corbyn but he is the main reason it lost the Copeland by-election.

Feb 24, 2017

Jeremy Corbyn Theresa May

We should fear Mark Zuckerberg's power and his utopian vision for the future

He wants a global community but by being 'tax competitive' Facebook colluded in a system that harms people.

Feb 20, 2017

Facebook Mark Zuckerberg Alt-right Donald Trump

Will the politics of 'open and closed' replace 'left versus right'?

For the openers, globalisation is to be embraced; for the closers, it's time to pull up the drawbridge.

Feb 13, 2017

Marine Le Pen Donald Trump

Milo Yiannopoulos is not being denied free speech – he just doesn't deserve the platform

Granting the alt-right a platform to whip up hatred can impinge on the freedom of those on the receiving end.

Feb 6, 2017

We need a second referendum on our Brexit deal - or May will have no choice but to suck up to Trump

Our moral standing in the world has been sacrificed to squeezing a trade deal from an unstable President.

Feb 1, 2017

Fake news is thriving — but history shows it's nothing new

Fake news abounded in George Orwell's time just as it did as far back as you wish to look.

Jan 23, 2017

Donald Trump

This is the week we discover that Brexit wasn't the working class revolt it was sold as

Leavers are about to turn on the working people who were told that leaving the EU would solve their problems.

Jan 16, 2017

Brexit Donald Trump

Social care is in dire need of funding – it's exacerbating the NHS crisis

Privatisation and austerity have a knock-on impact on care staff and the vulnerable people they look after.

Jan 9, 2017

NHS

Ignore the problems immigration causes for workers and you end up with ugly solutions

Halting movement of Europeans won't help but liberals can't ignore the impact on worker-employer relations.

Jan 3, 2017

Jeremy Corbyn Brexit Nigel Farage UKIP

Don't complain about strikes this Christmas – we all need stronger trade unions

Inconvenience doesn't warrant 'emergency laws' which would curb one of the few rights workers still have.

Dec 19, 2016

Corbyn needs to quit the double standards and call out the crimes of Assad and Putin

Supposed anti-war activists fail to respond to bloodshed which doesn't sit with their anti-American worldview.

Dec 12, 2016

Jeremy Corbyn Syria Isis Vladimir Putin Human rights

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