European elections 1999

Lessons of New Labour's electoral disaster
Maureen Anderson looks at the alienation of Labour's traditional, core voters that was the central feature of the European elections on June 10th.

Third Way rejected by European electorate
With less than half of the electorate accross Europe voting, the European Parliamentary elections on 10th June registered a significant reaction against the social democratic parties who lead or who are in coalitions in 13 out of the 15 EU countries.

Sinn Fein - Ireland's third party
The headline news in the Irish media after the Euro-elections was Sinn Fein's breakthrough, standing on a 'Republican labour' platform.

Labour's future - Democratic socialism not 19th century liberalism
More than 90 Labour MPs, together with trade union general secretaries Roger Bolton, Ken Cameron, John Edmonds, Ken Jackson, Jimmy Knapp and Bill Speirs are supporting the democratic socialism into the 21st century conference writes John McDonnell MP.

The world economy one year on from the financial crash
A year ago the world faced what President Clinton called its most serious financial crisis since the 1930's writes Ken Livingstone MP.

Asylum bill designed to keep out refugees
There has been much discussion about the government's climbdown on the system of support in the Asylum and Immigration Bill, especially in relation to children by Diane Abbott MP.

Food Rights for the next century
Alan Simpson MP looks at the power that the GM food companies exercise.

Portadown - the north of Ireland's Alabama
Dara O'Hagan, Sinn Fein Assembly member writes about bigotry and sectarianism in North Armagh.