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Drinking on the pitch at Lords
ROGER McKENZIE recalls a formative experience for black Britain, watching the West Indies beat England half a century ago — and the ‘explosive’ situation that led to fans drinking on the pitch with the players
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
RAIN stopped play is an all too regular part of the English cricketing summer. But just over 50 years ago in August 1973, it was “bomb hoax stopped play” — and I was there.
I was brought up watching and supporting the West Indies cricket team.
Cricket was always on the TV if there was a notable game to watch — obviously a big deal in the days of three or four channels and only one set in the house.
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