SOLOMON HUGHES recommends Sunjeev Sahota’s recent novel set in a trade union election campaign for its fresh approach to what unites and divides workers, but wishes the union backdrop was truer to life
THE news that a number of female MPs are stepping down from Parliament due to the harassment and abuse they have suffered should be a cause for deep concern.
It seems to have become open season on MPs for some particularly disturbed members of the public.
It is difficult to fathom why it is thought acceptable to abuse and even threaten those who have been elected to do a job on behalf of the people.
Sexual harassment on Britain’s railways is rising sharply, according to the British Transport Police, yet too many women still feel reporting is futile. LYNNE WALSH asks why the burden of safety all too often remains on women themselves
LYNNE WALSH reports from the Women’s Declaration International conference on feminist struggles from Britain to the Far East
Labour councillor PAUL DONOVAN wonders why the right-wing party gets so much more media attention than it seems to merit



