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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Could we face a Labour-Tory ‘national government?’
Ramsay Macdonald’s betrayal of 1931 is a warning to Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves not to try and ‘out-orthodox’ the Conservatives on cuts and spending, writes JOE GILL
NO EXAMPLE: Ramsay MacDonald’s compromises damned Labour
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
COULD a future prime minister Keir Starmer and chancellor Rachel Reeves follow the disastrous example of Ramsay MacDonald in the crisis of 1931 and go into coalition with the Conservatives?
It sounds unthinkable now, but if Labour does not win a big majority in the next election, and faces ongoing financial difficulties caused by global economic headwinds, a Labour government could be under pressure to cut spending. A minority of MPs from the left of the party could well oppose such moves to assuage the financial markets and vote against them.
Starmer has tried to control the selection of MPs to weed out anyone who would potentially oppose him in office, but that still leaves a number of Labour MPs who could vote against further austerity measures in future.
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