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
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Qatar: what the media isn’t reporting
As the World Cup begins, the British government’s close links with the authoritarian monarchy in Doha and its multimillion-pound arms deals have been carefully placed out of sight, says IAN SINCLAIR
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
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
Scotland's Labour leader cannot continue to evade responsibility for the party's decline, argues LAUREN HARPER
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
“QATAR struggles to shift focus away from workers’ rights.”
The headline in the Financial Times earlier this month confirms PR-savvy Qatar, hyper-aware of the soft power boost hosting the 2022 football World Cup could be expected to create, is having trouble controlling the narrative.
The British media, and members of the British political elite including Labour Party leader Keir Starmer, have repeatedly drawn attention to the plight of migrant labourers who have built the stadiums in the wealthy Gulf emirate — and also the terrible situation for LGBTQI+ people living there.
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Outrage greeted Donald Trump’s suggestion earlier this year that Britain stayed off the front lines. But evidence suggests our forces were at times pulled from the most dangerous fighting — not by military failure, but by pressure at home, says IAN SINCLAIR
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