There have been penalties for those who looked the other way when Epstein was convicted of child sex offences and decided to maintain relationships with the financier — but not for the British ambassador to Washington, reveals SOLOMON HUGHES
Christmas goodwill should extend to migrants and refugees
We should reject our ruling elite’s constant war to see who can take the toughest stance against vulnerable people, says ROGER McKENZIE
A rally against the Nationalities and Borders Bill in London
Labour’s new Treasury unit will ‘challenge unnecessary regulation’ by forcing nominally independent bodies like Ofwat to bend to business demands — exactly what Iain Anderson’s corporate clients wanted, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
DR DYLAN MURPHY looks at a Big Brother Watch report which exposes the government as an enabler of DWP secret spying on benefit claimants
The EU faces a critical choice: will it remain in the shadow of an increasingly unreliable US ally, or will it forge its own path in a multilateral world where co-operation with China is essential, asks MARC VANDEPITTE as leaders meet for the EU-China Summit
A lot of discussion about how the left should currently organise – including debate on whether the Green Party is a useful vehicle for advance – runs the risk of refusing to engage with or learn from the reasons the left was defeated previously, argues KEVIN OVENDEN
For Egypt trade trumps the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians, but how long can the country’s ‘misleaders’ – and others in the region – continue their indifference against the popular will of their own people, asks ROGER McKENZIE
THE phrase “goodwill to all men” is almost a reflex during this time of year. It’s what you are apparently supposed to say at Christmastime, even about complete strangers.
This should, of course, include women as well as men but I, at least, have always worked on the basis that it applies to everyone.
The problem, of course, is that it doesn’t. Many of the same people who will be flinging around such seasonal cheer as this simply don’t mean everyone.
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