The US-China trade war is also having an impact on manufacturing worldwideThe shockingly bad snapshot of industry from IHS Markit and the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply puts Britain on recession alert. It doesn’t mean that a recession will inevitably materialise.For that to happen, the poor performance of manufacturing...

Though the Tory leader will try to exploit the Stop the Coup demonstrations, our democracy must be defendedThe protest that took place last Wednesday evening, on the day the prime minister prorogued parliament, was part-organised by Another Europe is Possible. I was on the conference-call planning it, and we argued...