All the evidence shows voters want Labour to shift to the left — but initial signs from Andy Burnham are worrying on that front, cautions DIANE ABBOTT
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‘I served in the Troubles – and I know Corbyn’s a peacemaker, not a terrorist sympathiser’
The fact is that throughout the Troubles many meetings took place with the IRA, including British military top brass and Harold Wilson. So if Corbyn did too, would it have really been such a bad thing? asks RICHARD RUDKIN
ANDY McDONALD MP says Labour must show it is capable of delivering real improvements in people’s lives — bold action is required
ANGUS REID and ANDREW JOHNSTONE report on an initiative that we must take this summer
ALLISON FEWTRELL on what Plaid Cymru's historic election victory means for the communities being failed by Wales’s housing crisis, and four things the new government can do right now
France Insoumise MP JEROME LEGAVRE speaks to Christophe Domec on building the Europe-wide peace movement that came together in the International Conference Against War last weekend
At last weekend’s International Conference Against War, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER talks to the Palestinian physician and politician about the struggles ahead to achieve a truly free Palestine
WITH the general election on the horizon, it comes as no surprise that the mainstream media once again regurgitate in print or broadcasts every soundbite that portrays Jeremy Corbyn as a terrorist sympathiser, racist, anti-semite or any other label they believe would help destroy the chance of a Labour victory.
By way of example, last week, speaking about Corbyn to ITV’s Robert Peston, Jeremy Hunt stated: “In this election, we have someone who could possibly become prime minister who does actually have extremist views.”
Hunt wasn’t pressed into stating just what these “extremist views” are. But then again, why bother being precise when ambiguity will do the job just as well?
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