The new Prime Minister must abandon decades of automatic support for US foreign policy, which makes us all less safe, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP
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The Tories' talk of putting Parliament on hold reveals their utter contempt for democracy
The fight for a Corbyn-led Labour government is now becoming the fight for democracy against arbitrary rule through authoritarian methods and arcane procedures, writes KEVIN OVENDEN
Media Lens at 25: David Cromwell and David Edwards reflect on a quarter-century of media criticism, explaining why independent journalism is more important than ever
by Weyman Bennett and Maz’s family
The International Court of Justice has delivered its clearest ruling yet that the right to strike is protected under international law, write Professor TONIA NOVITZ, Professor KEITH EWING and Lord JOHN HENDY KC
Emergency phone alerts could help Britain respond to rising wildfire risk, but Australia’s experience suggests they work best as part of a broader strategy, write ELLIOT CONVERY-FISHER and KATE PARKINS
A champion motorcyclist, trade union organiser and communist, Clem Beckett went from Britain’s speedway tracks to the battlefields of Spain, where he gave his life resisting Franco’s forces at Jarama. GEOFF BOTTOMS pays tribute to this remarkable anti-fascist
A LEAVE vote will usher in an unprecedented period of political crisis, disrupting government, Parliament and mechanisms of rule. That’s what a number of us predicted three years ago.
That crisis shows every sign of deepening into the autumn and beyond the October 31 deadline for leaving the EU.
It is raising the possibility of an explosive clash not seen for a century between even the limited norms of British parliamentary democracy and a minority, unpopular government.
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