In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs
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From the belly of the behemoth
Following the recent local and mayoral elections, VINCE MILLS wonders whether hopes of an independent left breakthrough are realistic and considers the prospects within the lumbering beast that is the Labour Party
Despite the screeching from the right-wing media, Burnham’s speech chimed with the public mood - and socialists should take advantage, says Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
Rising temperatures and human activity are making life far harder for these vital pollinators. ALEX DITTRICH explains
Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners co-founder MIKE JACKSON talks to Matt Kerr about the enduring power of Pride, protest and trade unionism
Behind the language of military strategy is a confrontation that risks drawing the wider Middle East into war, says STEVE BISHOP
IT WOULD almost seem that in a final push to rid the Labour Party of any vestige of political decency, never mind socialist aspiration, Keir Starmer is doing his very best to chase the left from Labour Party membership.
How else do we interpret the welcome that Natalie Elphicke, Dover MP and Tory rat, received from the Labour leadership as she swam for dear life, or whatever else she may have been offered, from Rishi Sunak’s sinking ship.
As John McDonnell said on LBC: “It certainly is a stunt that … has implications for the Labour Party … because of the views that Natalie Elphicke has expressed in the past … some of which I don’t think the party should be associated with.”
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