There have been penalties for those who looked the other way when Epstein was convicted of child sex offences and decided to maintain relationships with the financier — but not for the British ambassador to Washington, reveals SOLOMON HUGHES
Putting the Westminster parlour games into perspective
While the Brexit debates are important, they’re in danger of eclipsing news of major social economic and political events occurring all across the globe, says NEIL FINDLAY
Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay (left), Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, and Michel Barnier, the EU’s Chief Brexit Negotiator (right)
Labour’s new Treasury unit will ‘challenge unnecessary regulation’ by forcing nominally independent bodies like Ofwat to bend to business demands — exactly what Iain Anderson’s corporate clients wanted, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
DR DYLAN MURPHY looks at a Big Brother Watch report which exposes the government as an enabler of DWP secret spying on benefit claimants
The EU faces a critical choice: will it remain in the shadow of an increasingly unreliable US ally, or will it forge its own path in a multilateral world where co-operation with China is essential, asks MARC VANDEPITTE as leaders meet for the EU-China Summit
A lot of discussion about how the left should currently organise – including debate on whether the Green Party is a useful vehicle for advance – runs the risk of refusing to engage with or learn from the reasons the left was defeated previously, argues KEVIN OVENDEN
For Egypt trade trumps the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians, but how long can the country’s ‘misleaders’ – and others in the region – continue their indifference against the popular will of their own people, asks ROGER McKENZIE
OVER the last week I have spent some time watching the BBC World Service. Naturally, much of the coverage focused on events in the House of Commons where so-called “Super Saturday” failed to live up to the hype surrounding it.
Like a final-day league decider there was extensive frenzied, pre-match hype in the media. Players from both sides were interviewed speculating on the outcome, supporters gave their completely over-the-top biased opinions, while bedecked in their team colours. In the centre the referee strutted and preened milking the moment for all he could.
As the game got under way, Barclay, the blue team centre forward, attempted an early strike but the red team generalissimo Starmer effortlessly demolished each attack with a skilled, elegant and precise performance.
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