As tens of thousands return to the streets for the first national Palestine march of 2026, this movement refuses to be sidelined or silenced, says PETER LEARY
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An election of stark choices
Tory proposals are the opposite of taking back control, writes MATT WILLGRESS
If the government really wanted to address public finances, improve living standards and begin economic recovery, it would increase its borrowing for investment, argues MICHAEL BURKE
MATT KERR takes a winter journey through poetry, labour and memory, from Glasgow to Newcastle, arguing that our radical past isn’t something to revere from a distance, but a tool still meant to be used
One of Canada’s most revered politicians is a native of Falkirk but is relatively unknown in his original homeland. KENNY MacASKILL tells his story
Labour prospects in May elections may be irrevocably damaged by Birmingham Council’s costly refusal to settle the year-long dispute, warns STEVE WRIGHT
HENRY FOWLER and ROB POOLE explain the significance of today’s Megapicket
WHAT the Tory general election campaign has shown — as has Nigel Farage pulling from Tory seats to help enable a Boris Johnson victory — is that the hard right is seeking to fully hijack the 2016 EU referendum result.
However, rather than “taking back control” of our economy and public services as promised, it is in fact happy to sell off our public services to multinational corporations.
This is why the hard right is vehemently opposing Labour’s plans to bring back vital utilities and services into public, national ownership.
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