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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Despite Starmer’s efforts, Labour will always have a left
The pressures capital itself creates in society leads to the pressure for radical change, says KEITH FLETT
Keir Hardie (centre) addresses a crowd in Trafalgar Square
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
THE efforts of Labour Party HQ to remove the left from the party are perpetual.
Arguably the first occasion was the formal refusal to recognise the young Communist Party as an affiliate in the late 1920s.
The most recent purges have included Socialist Appeal and various groups opposed to the expulsion of critics of the current leadership.
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