The Social Review @SocReview
Debating and discussing the future of socialism. For pitches contact: [email protected]. thesocialreview.substack.com Joined September 2018-
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The site hiatus is unfortunately set to continue due to ongoing work commitments, but I'll repeat the call that if any friend of TSR feels like taking it on, do feel free to DM. - Michael
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Hello, just a brief update. Hosting and the domain have been secured for another year as we were able to find a web host provider that didn't break the bank. There will be a brief bit of site downtime this week as the migration is finalised.
Housekeeping note - As you may have noticed, TSR is on a hiatus due to a lack of editorial capacity, which is set to continue. As a result, and due to the domain costs being prohibitively expensive, the TSR website will be decommissioned later this week.
Our back catalogue of articles is still available for free via Substack, as are episodes of the podcast on most streaming platforms If a friend of the site is interested in taking it on, feel free to get in touch via DM. - Michael
Housekeeping note - As you may have noticed, TSR is on a hiatus due to a lack of editorial capacity, which is set to continue. As a result, and due to the domain costs being prohibitively expensive, the TSR website will be decommissioned later this week.
And for our readers on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/thesocialr…
Read his article on the TSR site here: thesocialreview.co.uk/2025/04/06/ser…
Anyone interested in why our food standards have declined and the vital importance of why they should be improved should read this book writes @WBarberTaylor in his review of Serving the Public by Kevin Morgan
The latest set of updates to the Employment Rights Bill indicate a Government that is wobbling on its commitments, writes George Guillam (links below) 👇
thesocialreview.co.uk/2025/03/23/rea… And for our readers on Substack: thesocialreview.substack.com/p/reality-bite…
For our readers on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/thesocialr…
While his retirement is a loss to the movement, Mick Lynch would be the first to rail against the idea of being irreplaceable writes George Guillam 👇 thesocialreview.co.uk/2025/01/19/mic…
Labour’s Employment Rights Bill is a sincere statement of intent, but not a guarantee of success writes George Guillam 👇 thesocialreview.co.uk/2024/10/27/the…
And for our readers on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/thesocialr…
The reasons why a Prime Minister elected on a staggering change mandate opted to spend the summer depressing the public can't solely be attributed to Sue Gray, writes John Fitzgerald 👇 thesocialreview.co.uk/2024/10/06/for…
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While Gray is part of this tale, what this ultimately reveals are truths about how Starmer’s lack of political instincts have created organisational strife in the heart of Number 10 writes John Fitzgerald 👇 thesocialreview.co.uk/2024/10/06/for…
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