Mask-off outbursts by Maga insiders and most strikingly, the destruction and reconstruction of the presidential seat, with a huge new $300m ballroom, means Trump isn’t planning to leave the White House when his term ends, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
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The SNP finds it useful for the constitution to be the dominating issue in Scottish politics, meaning fresh thinking on the referendum question is needed from Labour as it struggles for relevance, says STEPHEN LOW
Supporters of Scottish independence march to the site of the Battle of Bannockburn for an 'All Under One Banner' rally in Bannockburn, Stirling
BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
The City is leaning on Rachel Reeves to cut welfare spending — when what’s needed is cuts to all the benefits given to the mega rich, corporations and banks to help them not pay or blatantly dodge their fair share of tax, explains BERNIE EVANS
The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
ANN HENDERSON looks at the trailblazers of the Women’s Trade Union League and their successful fight for female factory inspectors — a battle that echoes in today’s workplace campaigns
HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies
MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
ONLY a few weeks old and the SNP-Green deal that has elevated two Scottish Green MSPs into ministerial office is already delivering. For the SNP.
For the people of Scotland? Well not so much, but that was always the point. The motivation behind the deal is precisely in allowing the SNP not to deliver.
The Greens ended up with seven seats in May, for the first time since 2003. Sadly this wasn’t much to do with the salience of global warming and more to do with their banging a drum for a second indyref, and it being widely acknowledged that a second vote for the SNP on the regional list would be ineffective.
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STEPHEN LOW details how the Scottish Greens’ retreat from full opposition to the Bill gives the SNP the opportunity to revive this toxic legislation and push through privatisation under the cover of popular reforms