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Is Britain already at war with Russia?
Britain gave £2.3 billion to Ukraine’s war effort in 2022, along with vehicles, equipment and training of soldiers on British soil — but direct involvement in the war long predates the Russian invasion, explains KENNY COYLE
Russians protest at the involvement of British specialists in Ukrainian drone strikes, Moscow, November 3
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
THE mainstream media in Britain has asked few questions about British military involvement in the current conflict in Ukraine and fewer still about Britain’s role, along with its US mentor and Nato allies, in the calculated escalation of tension that preceded Russia’s invasion in February 2022.
In September, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace visited Kiev to meet his Ukrainian counterpart Oleksii Reznikov. The meeting’s key points were reported by the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) own website on September 30:
• Britain is one of the leading donors of military aid to Ukraine, committing £2.3 billion in 2022 — second only to the US — and then-PM Liz Truss announced that this amount would be matched or exceeded in 2023.
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