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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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
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
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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