Owen Jones
Owen Jones is a columnist and the author of Chavs: The Demonisation of the Working Class and The Establishment – And How They Get Away With It
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Cameron’s shameless about-face on Sadiq Khan shows why people despise politicsNow he calls London’s mayor a ‘proud Muslim’, but weeks ago he was tapping into base prejudice to smear him. This will undermine faith in democracy
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Scottish Labour leader: 'The SNP has been fundamentally dishonest' – videoAhead of the Holyrood elections on 5 May, Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale talks to Owen Jones
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Think Hillsborough couldn’t happen today? Think againTo put this injustice behind us we need to look at how police officers’ views of the Liverpool fans contributed to their deaths
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Jeremy Hunt’s battle with junior doctors is his miners’ strike momentThe government is determined to crush the junior doctors at any cost – to continue its war on the NHS and teach the rest of the public sector a lesson
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Face it, Britain’s corporate fat cats will party until we turn the music offThis is a very British sort of capitalism, where brazenly greedy bosses are paid – hugely – to fail. We foot the bill, so why do we let them get away with it?
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Is Cameron proud of Zac Goldsmith’s toxic mayoral campaign in the capital?The tactics employed to attack Labour’s poll lead are ugly and divisive. The prime minister should condemn this skulduggery – instead, he is part of it
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The Brexiters’ grim list of EU criminals debases political debateEurosceptics were until recently denouncing the fear tactics of the Remain campaign. But it is Vote Leave that has dragged the debate into the morass
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To leave the EU over Brussels would be a huge victory for terrorThe extremists would be overjoyed if their attack had swayed the Brexit result. Out campaigners should not play into their hands
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Our private school elite’s dominance isn’t just unfair. It damages us allFrom acting to journalism, the state educated miss out. But the system is to blame, not individuals
Why Labour may have to divide before they conquer