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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What I learned about poverty while working in Blackpool

All of us will have to foot the bill for allowing people to fester in forgotten parts of the country.

Aug 1, 2016

Theresa May Jeremy Corbyn Minimum Wage Unemployment

Grammar schools are back on the agenda – and that's bad news for poorer kids

This idea of the golden age of social mobility is one of the most enduring educational myths.

Jul 25, 2016

Nuclear weapons are an archaic idea of a 'deterrent'

'Security' appears synonymous with a willingness to kill millions at the press of a button

Jul 18, 2016

Jeremy Corbyn Theresa May

Jeremy Corbyn's Labour is a tribute act to socialism - trade unions back a nostalgic leader

Performative leftism has trumped any desire to improve the life chances of Britain's new working class.

Jul 11, 2016

Jeremy Corbyn

Tony Blair will be damned by history over the Iraq war - but his choice was between two evils

Tony Blair never had the option of keeping its hands clean over Iraq

Jul 6, 2016

Iraq

Jeremy Corbyn's Labour is trapped in a time warp – and it is heading towards electoral oblivion

It is time to face facts – the Corbyn project is not working

Jun 27, 2016

Jeremy Corbyn

Brexit: New Labour should have listened to 'racist' immigration concerns years ago

As years passed and migration soared, those who spoke up were dismissed.

Jun 24, 2016

EU Referendum Brexit Marine Le Pen

Brexit would hand more power to corporations and remove rights from low-paid workers

British workers would no longer benefit from workplace protections enshrined by the EU.

Jun 21, 2016

EU Referendum Brexit Nigel Farage

Labour must get the Remain message out – before it's too late

The result of the referendum will hinge on how Labour supporters vote – but at the moment it's Tory vs Tory.

Jun 8, 2016

Nigel Farage EU Referendum Brexit

What working undercover in a factory taught me about EU migration

The British working class is slowly being replaced by a foreign-born politically-disenfranchised labour force.

May 25, 2016

EU Referendum

Beware those critics that prefer Putin's propaganda to the BBC

Britain's left should be defending the BBC, not attacking its journalists.

May 9, 2016

BAFTAs

Sadiq Khan, Labour Mayor of London candidate

Sadiq Khan as Mayor of London shows the way forward for Labour

This is a great testament to the capital – anti-Muslim bigotry is, in London at least, a minority fixation.

May 7, 2016

Jeremy Corbyn

The left must confront its ugly anti-Semitism problem

There is a discernible barrier between the right and its lunatic fringes – but this doesn't exist in Labour.

Apr 27, 2016

Inheriting a large sum of money doesn't make you a high achiever

Why not save money on tax avoidance, spend it on education and fill parliament with non-wealthy high achievers?

Apr 12, 2016

Panama Papers

The West is not responsible for jihadist violence – Islamist ideology is

If US imperialism is root of terrorism, where are the South American suicide bombers?

Mar 29, 2016

Isis

Barack Obama in Cuba: Castro clan's totalitarian grip is about to be prised open

Those who extol the virtues of Cuban communism should try living there.

Mar 21, 2016

Barack Obama

Budget 2016: Why is Government turning schools into academies with no evidence they work?

According to a 2014 study, low performing primaries which converted to academies improved at a slower rate.

Mar 16, 2016

Budget 2016 George Osborne

Clean for the Queen has a better ring to it than 'Scrub the streets, peasant'

Cuts left councils struggling and gave us a homeless crisis - but we should scrub up for UK's most privileged family?

Feb 29, 2016

David Cameron

Corbyn opposing Cameron's emergency brake on EU benefits is political suicide for Labour

There are important things to fight for in Europe but Working Tax Credits for migrants is not one of them.

Feb 15, 2016

Jeremy Corbyn EU Referendum Brexit David Cameron

Corbyn needs to toughen up on national security or Labour will never win an election

Britons are patriotic and see defence as a top priority for the protection of our country.

Feb 1, 2016

Jeremy Corbyn Ed Miliband General Election 2015

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