Labour’s persistent failure to address its electorate’s salient concerns is behind the protest vote, asserts DIANE ABBOTT
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Gesture politics doesn’t save women’s lives
LYNNE WALSH is unimpressed by the latest wazzackry from the government
Washington’s lawless behaviour towards countries in the region it considers its ‘back yard’ should be condemned by all law-abiding people, says LUKE DANIELS
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Colombia’s success in controlling the drug trade should be recognised and its sovereignty respected, argues Dr GLORY SAAVEDRA
The shadow lord chancellor has recently made a name for himself as an rabid hater of immigration – but there are exceptions to every rule, says SOLOMON HUGHES
Plaid Cymru’s front-bench spokesman on health and social services MABON AP GWYNFOR, in a two-part series, analyses the Caerphilly by-election and the wider political scene in Wales ahead of the 2026 Senedd election
THERE has been quite a flurry of government schemes recently, all claiming to tackle the evil of violence against women and girls.
Some offer a glimmer of hope, most move me to despair. The past week’s “Enough” campaign launched by the rarely sincere Priti Patel turned the air blue in our house.
This continual stream of initiatives calls to mind a cartoon where a body lies unconscious on the pavement, a crowd gathering around, with a lone homeopath elbowing to the front, shouting: “Let me through; I have arnica — and rosemary!”
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