All the evidence shows voters want Labour to shift to the left — but initial signs from Andy Burnham are worrying on that front, cautions DIANE ABBOTT
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New light shed on Northern Ireland ‘dirty war’
Evidence directly implicates the British state in murder, but as the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday approaches, the government is seeking an amnesty for its armed forces, writes JENNY FARRELL
Pictures of the victims of Bloody Sunday are carried through the crowd of thousands at Free Derry Corner after the 25th Anniversary March for Bloody Sunday in 1997
ANDY McDONALD MP says Labour must show it is capable of delivering real improvements in people’s lives — bold action is required
ANGUS REID and ANDREW JOHNSTONE report on an initiative that we must take this summer
ALLISON FEWTRELL on what Plaid Cymru's historic election victory means for the communities being failed by Wales’s housing crisis, and four things the new government can do right now
France Insoumise MP JEROME LEGAVRE speaks to Christophe Domec on building the Europe-wide peace movement that came together in the International Conference Against War last weekend
At last weekend’s International Conference Against War, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER talks to the Palestinian physician and politician about the struggles ahead to achieve a truly free Palestine
IN A report released on January 13, Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland Marie Anderson said there was evidence of “collusive behaviour” by some British officers in the murder of 19 people and the attempted murder of two others over a four-year period by unionist terror groups.
“Operation Greenwich,” led by Anderson, dealt with the activities of the unionist death squads in two counties between 1989 and 1993.
As to the precise nature of the covert collaboration, the report cites the following facts, among others:
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