The greatest threat to democracy may no longer come from political parties but from unelected tech oligarchs like Peter Thiel and his powerful Silicon Valley network, argues JOHN GREEN
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The darling of Dunoon
[Will Armston-Sheret]
Today’s interconnected conflicts are enriching the arms industry while pushing the entire world towards permanent militarisation, argues ROGER McKENZIE
by Nana Backland, Merseyside Morning Star Readers & Supporters Group
The government’s Pip review looks like a carefully managed exercise in legitimising future cuts to disability support, argues Dr DYLAN MURPHY
The Tories introduced the 50% strike ballot threshold to make industrial action harder. MATT WRACK argues that a Labour government has no justification for leaving it on the statute book
I TOOK the PS Waverley — the world’s last sea-going paddle steamer — to Dunoon last weekend.
Built in 1946 and now restored to her original condition, this marvel of engineering is taken to even greater heights by the fact one can see the huge piston rods in action when passing the engine room.
Cruising down the Clyde, industrial relics gave way to greenery as Sunday roasts were served up on board.
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