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by Nana Backland, Merseyside Morning Star Readers & Supporters Group
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
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
The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
“FIFE VOTED REMAIN,” exclaimed one placard at a demonstration outside Dundee’s Caird Hall.
As is becoming the custom at political conferences, an ragtag of flag-waving diehards had gathered to pester delegates in flight and on fag breaks — and harrumph at anyone who refused to take a leaflet demanding a second referendum on EU membership.
Scotland, of course, also voted to stay in the European Union — by 62 per cent to 38 per cent.
The new Scottish Parliament looks set to continue a cycle of managerial tinkering while public services face the axe, writes STEPHEN LOW
On the release of her memoir that reveals everything except politics, Sturgeon’s endless media coverage has focused on her panic attacks, sexuality and personal tragedies while ignoring her government’s many failures, writes PAULINE BRYAN