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
RODNEY BICKERSTAFFE was an outstanding trade unionist, a great socialist and a committed internationalist as well as a warm and fun loving friend.
I have never forgotten speaking at a 100,000-strong rally at the opening of the World Social Forum in Mumbai in 2004.
It was a huge affair with speakers from across the world such as Arundhati Roy, Shirin Ebadi and Mustafa Barghouti, but as I started to speak, I noticed a hand frantically waving at me from the back of the crowd.
From the battlefields of Spain to today’s campaigns for peace and justice, the spirit of the International Brigades continues to inspire international solidarity across the labour movement, says MICAELA TRACEY-RAMOS
From a Welsh mining village to defending our work for colonial justice at the UN in New York, Maggie Bowden’s life was an inspiring triumph, writes JEREMY CORBYN MP
The Prime Minister’s hamfisted promotional video promising to go ‘further and faster’ coincides with Angela Rayner’s resignation over tax dodging and Mandelson’s long overdue departure over Epstein — incredible timing, writes MATT KERR


