Tag: Left-wing

Winning the culture war is absolutely crucial. And, after much denial and ineptitude, it is no longer a one-sided affair, writes Frank Furedi in Spiked.

Our political elites now see ‘ideology’ as a dirty word, preferring to focus on ‘competence’. What they really mean is there can be no dissent from the Left-wing orthodoxy, and the only battle is how to manage decline.

Young people are more Left wing than ever, and are not becoming more conservative with age. It's not just wokeness – the Right have failed to address this generation's real challenges, according to Andrew Sullivan.

The Left collaborated unquestioningly with the authoritarian programmes and regulations of the emerging Global Biosecurity State because it long ago lost its commitment to freedom and the working class, says Simon Elmer.

The General Secretary of the GMB trade union, Gary Smith, has said the Left needs to shake off its "bourgeois environmentalism" and make the case for fracking and the building of new nuclear power stations.

Political Philosopher James Alexander tries to redefine 'left' and 'right' for the 21st Century, utilising Iain McGilchrist's work on the difference between the left and right hemispheres of the brain.