After years hidden away, Oldham’s memorial to six local volunteers who died fighting fascism in the Spanish civil war has been restored to public view, marking both a victory for campaigners and a renewed tribute to the town’s proud International Brigade heritage, says ROB HARGREAVES
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The Tories have adopted a scorched earth policy. We must oppose them now
DIANE ABBOTT says the public mood of support for escalating strikes is remarkable – we need to unite it into a political opposition to the Tories
MAKING A POINT: Demonstrators outside the Woodhouse Colliery, south of Whitehaven on September 7 2021
While pretending to seek peace, Europe is heading toward a collision course with Russia – using security guarantees, troop deployments, expropriation and censorship as tools, writes SEVIM DAGDELEN
Alba party leader KENNY MacASKILL makes some suggestions on how to save our pubs and reduce irresponsible drinking
The catastrophe unfolding in Gaza – where Palestinians are freezing to death in tents – is not a natural disaster but a calculated outcome of Israel’s ongoing blockade, aid restrictions and continued violence, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
Opinion polls point to electoral collapse, parliamentary rebellion and a looming leadership challenge as Starmer’s Labour haemorrhages working-class support and the far right exploits the vacuum left by a hollowed-out party, says NICK WRIGHT
The long-term effects of chemical weapons such as Agent Orange mean that the impact of war lasts well beyond a ceasefire
IN mid-October Labour’s opinion poll lead was an unfeasibly high 39 per cent and is now averaging about half of that level.
This shows that there should be no grounds for complacency about the outcome of the next general election. Even so, the Tories still have a mountain to climb.
Almost unprecedentedly, the Tories have not reacted by trying to win over the electorate. On the contrary, they seem to have taken the view that the next election is already lost (which also explains why so many rats are jumping from their parliamentary ship).
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