A ‘new phase’ for Starmerism is fairly similar to the old phase – only worse. ANDREW MURRAY takes a look

THIS weekend Labour will announce its new leader to take over from my decades-long friend and comrade Jeremy Corbyn.
We should use this moment not only to express our gratitude to Corbyn for the amazing effort and campaigning work he has put in as leader — and indeed has done on so many important issues for 46 years with Labour and will no doubt continue to do so — but also to assess what kind of party we must be and what principles and policies we must stand for going forward.
In key areas our party and policies have been transformed under Corbyn’s leadership. Not only have these restored our socialist principles, these changes are also essential to maintain and strengthen in terms of forging a path back to power.

The Met Police arrested a staggering 890 people, many elderly, disabled, and even blind in a single demonstration — all to back up the government’s unhinged campaign against non-violent civil disobedience at the behest of Israel, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE

CLAUDIA WEBBE says a UN agency’s finding that Gaza’s famine, killing up to 400 people a day, is entirely man-made must prompt a renewed revolt against our government’s complicity in this horror

Starmer’s decision to suspend Diane Abbott yet again demonstrates a determination to maintain and propagate a hierarchy of racism, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE

The New York mayoral candidate has electrified the US public with policies of social justice and his refusal to be cowed. We can follow his example here, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE