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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This is our 1940 and Johnson is our Chamberlain
The PM’s failure to take early, decisive action has left Britain exposed to the deadly virus. JOE GILL wonders whether this will lead to a wave of politicisation by those on the front line
Neville Chamberlain pictured boarding a plane bound for Munich to meet Hitler in 1938 and (left) Boris Johnson leaving Downing Street
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
AT A time of global crisis, we look to history for lessons from earlier times, in the hope of seeing how we might come through our own troubles.
Covid-19 is our biggest crisis since World War II — and woeful leadership in Britain is a common feature of 1940 and 2020.
In the dark days of 1940-41, the ruling classes of Europe and the United States were split between liberal globalists and fascists.
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