Britain’s world reputation used to be one of a perfect gentleman. Then, in the 1990s, ‘Cool Britannia’ swept the world. But now, ‘Weird Britannia’ has taken its place: a crazed island full of phone thieves, drunken race rioters, and protesting grannies getting arrested.

Yesterday’s Budget highlighted the precarious balancing act that Starmer’s government is having to attempt: trying to appease both the bond markets and voters. Ultimately, neither will be satisfied – and British capitalism will continue its decline.

On the eve of the Autumn Budget, the bond markets – the investors who bankroll the British state – are getting jittery. The capitalists are losing faith in Labour’s ability to carry out the necessary cuts to ‘balance the books’. But what alternatives do they have?

This weekend, Your Party’s founding conference will take place. Unfortunately, the potential to forge a radical, working-class mass movement has been driven into a ditch by the reformist leaders and their petty squabbling, at least for now. What’s the communist stance?

Tech corporations and governments are pouring trillions into the ‘AI arms race’. But warning signs are flashing that this is all a massive speculative bubble, waiting to burst. This anarchic speculation is set to have a catastrophic impacts on the world economy.

After two centuries, Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ remains one of the most enduring works of Romantic and Gothic literature, defining much of modern science-fiction. Now, Del Toro’s excellent new adaptation shows it still has room to be developed and reinterpreted.