All the evidence shows voters want Labour to shift to the left — but initial signs from Andy Burnham are worrying on that front, cautions DIANE ABBOTT
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Tony Benn: Effortlessly inspiring to a generation
Teenager SEAMUS JENNINGS on Benn's unique appeal to young people
ANDY McDONALD MP says Labour must show it is capable of delivering real improvements in people’s lives — bold action is required
ANGUS REID and ANDREW JOHNSTONE report on an initiative that we must take this summer
ALLISON FEWTRELL on what Plaid Cymru's historic election victory means for the communities being failed by Wales’s housing crisis, and four things the new government can do right now
France Insoumise MP JEROME LEGAVRE speaks to Christophe Domec on building the Europe-wide peace movement that came together in the International Conference Against War last weekend
At last weekend’s International Conference Against War, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER talks to the Palestinian physician and politician about the struggles ahead to achieve a truly free Palestine
"Make, teach and keep socialists." This was the aim of Tony Benn when he was selected as a parliamentary candidate in 1950, and it occupied him for the rest of his life.
I say "life" because to use the word "career" would be to misunderstand Benn's unique outlook.
He recognised politics lived and breathed beyond the halls of Westminster. That one served, not ruled.
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