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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What use is Starmer’s politics that ‘treads lighter on our lives,’ when the scale of the problems Britain is facing are crying out for drastic action, says ALAN SIMPSON
Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer gives a speech, at the National Composites Centre at Bristol and Bath Science Park in Bristol, January 4, 2023
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
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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 WILL be 55 years this month since the Beatles’ iconic, rooftop performance on Savile Row. This was the end of an era, end of a dream. With any luck, this year will see the end of a nightmare.
The Conservatives have taken British politics to an all-time low. The public are losing faith, not just in Parliament but in democracy itself. This is a dangerous place to be.
There may be a debate about whether the Tories should be in opposition or in prison, but few now see them as more than self-serving charlatans. An election, and a Labour government, cannot come soon enough.
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