If Labour wish to decentralise power, they must accept that ownership matters: the alternative is a continued shift of power - and two recent books show the road forwards.
The British public support nationalisation and price controls. They are losing their faith in free market capitalism, and political parties will do well to capture the radical mood of the public.
The dispute at the Grangemouth oil refinery started with Labour's fight with Unite in Falkirk, and shows us just how broken Britain is.
A new poll yet again shows the overwhelming popularity of public ownership of public services in the UK. Yet no major political parties reflects this position. Why not?
The results have been terrible. Soaring prices, corruption, fraud, enormous expense to the public purse. But Westminster is determined to keep on privatising. New campaign, 'We Own It', says enough is enough.
Stuck for some holiday reading? Why not brush up on what's happening to our NHS...
Public resources face new sell-off threats - but once we lose our public buildings and land, it's gone for good.
