The 2019 Labour conference was largely overshadowed by the Supreme Court ruling on the illegality of the lengthy prorogation of Parliament. The event found itself dramatically impacted, and the audience found themselves observing a shortened version of Corbyn’s speech, which (presumably) omitted a number of key policy announcements, such as the uncomplicatedly positive move to scrap universal credit. In the end the speech contained only one new policy announcement. This was Labour’s new policy regarding the production of pharmaceuticals, which they have detailed in the accompanying document titled Medicines For the Many: Public Health Before Profit. By and large, the document and policy seem well intentioned - while the driving factor of NHS woes is simply underfunding, it behoves us to consider other systemic features of the economy that work against an effective British health system. Overall, the positives of the document outweigh the negatives. Many proposals on how to w...
A collection of often belated reactions to developments in UK politics. Written by Steven Rose and kindly edited by Ele Saltmarsh and Ewan Hill Norris.