8 August 2008

In this week’s Tribune, available by subscription and from selected branches of WHSmith and Borders

Cover story: The high price of failure

Murray Rowlands says the private market’s management of public utilities has been dismal and warns that the worst is yet to come with further prices hikes likely

News

Phoney leadership races descends into farce as PM plans reshuffle
Pressure mounts for windfall tax as private energy profits soar
Labour determined to push through party funding law
Iraq government backs down over forced transfer of oil workers
Juan Carlos Hurtado: Violence in Colombia is still endemic

Features

Spotlights: Engage with rising powers/Afghan journalist faces execution
Michael Meacher: Crunchtime for some radical financial regulation
Stephen Beer: Tory policy vaccuum is no answer to a recession
Murray Rowlands: Hissing Sid – market failures in public services
Sam Akaki: Neo-liberalism is the wrong export for Africa

Comment

Joan Smith: For better or worse if we stick with Gordon Brown?
Paul Anderson: PM should fall on his sword for the sake of the party
Tribune editorial: Open and shut case for a windfall tax
Gary Heather: What disgusts Labour in Tunbridge Wells; Nigel Nelson
Letters; John Coulter: Clock is ticking for Northern Ireland socialism
Ian Aitken: You know it’s really bad when Stephen Byers leaves his lair

Books and arts

Geoffrey Goodman: Lies, damned lies and George Bush’s lies
Mary Maguire: Rise and fall of the American empire
Helen Chappell: The Saddam Hussein clan goes in mob-handed
Emmanuel Cooper: Wall of fame – Hadrian is out of the closet