Labour’s persistent failure to address its electorate’s salient concerns is behind the protest vote, asserts DIANE ABBOTT
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Johnson can’t take the heat in Luxembourg
KEITH FLETT finds it revealing that the Prime Minister’s press conference, after talks about Brexit, should end with a strop and tantrum
INFLATED EGO: Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives to meet Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel
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
In part I of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY takes a look at the early days of organising government workers
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
AT Labour conference Jeremy Corbyn will, no doubt, be addressing a number of large crowds. It seems unlikely that any will be hostile but if they were I wouldn’t expect the Labour leader to be bothered.
In over 40 plus years of political campaigning he will have faced on occasion less than favourable audiences and no doubt learnt from the experience.
Then we come to Boris Johnson. Old Etonian and Bullingdon Club member, a man born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and someone firmly in the political bubble. He may well hear critical views but not those expressed by the hoi polloi outside Westminster.
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