UK Elections 2022
Jon Bigger rounds up the local electoral drama and the jamboree's implications for the various political factions.

For the last few months the local elections, taking place this Thursday, have been discussed as being vitally important to the future of Boris Johnson. This is part of a theme in UK politics as partygate fails to deliver a fatal blow to his career. It is more a case of de
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2022/05/03/uk-elections-2022/
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British Politics and Anarchism in 2022
I’ve been thinking recently about the various themes that I’ve written about since starting this regular column for Freedom in 2016. I try really hard not to repeat myself too much but history has a way of making that pretty tough. These are the themes I think will recur time and again in 2022.

(In)competence

David Cameron was prime
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2022/01/11/british-politics-and-anarchism-in-2022/
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Solidarity of the rich
Jon Bigger considers the actions of those who preach individual strength, but practice a very particular, and extraordinarily successful, form of mutual support.

As if we needed reminding, solidarity and mutual aid are hard work. Covid 19 laid it all bare once again. In building up organisations from the grassroots, time and time again, we see our movements hampered by secta
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2022/01/03/solidarity-of-the-rich/
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We need to stop Boris Johnson before it is too late
Boris Johnson is the most dangerous prime minister I’ve suffered. I consider him much more dangerous to the people of the UK than Donald Trump is to the people of the USA. Obviously, one is in power and the other is not but there is also a fundamental difference between the constitutions of the two countries th
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2021/12/02/we-need-to-stop-boris-johnson-before-it-is-too-late/
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The multiple and overlapping crises in the UK point to a sustained need for mutual aid
In the recent printed edition of Freedom there was an article reflecting on Covid and the mutual aid groups that sprung up in the early days of the pandemic. It focused on some of the problems encountered by anarchists as the pandemic progressed such a
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2021/10/01/the-multiple-and-overlapping-crises-in-the-uk-point-to-a-sustained-need-for-mutual-aid/
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Johnson’s ‘levelling up’ agenda could end the era of neoliberalism in the UK but mark the start of something equally harmful
Back in 2010, when the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government began, austerity was the order of the day. The deficit had to be brought down
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2021/07/02/johnsons-levelling-up-agenda-could-end-the-era-of-neoliberalism-in-the-uk-but-mark-the-start-of-something-equally-harmful/
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