Mask-off outbursts by Maga insiders and most strikingly, the destruction and reconstruction of the presidential seat, with a huge new $300m ballroom, means Trump isn’t planning to leave the White House when his term ends, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
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The Tory strategy – and how to fight it
Before the election the Tories are going to pretend to break with austerity and offer us a bribe made of our own money. Labour must be ready to call this out, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
EMPTY PROMISES: Rishi Sunak (left) and Jeremy Hunt might attempt the same trick as David Cameron and George Osborne in 2014
BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
The City is leaning on Rachel Reeves to cut welfare spending — when what’s needed is cuts to all the benefits given to the mega rich, corporations and banks to help them not pay or blatantly dodge their fair share of tax, explains BERNIE EVANS
The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
ANN HENDERSON looks at the trailblazers of the Women’s Trade Union League and their successful fight for female factory inspectors — a battle that echoes in today’s workplace campaigns
HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies
MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
THE Tories got a drubbing in the local elections — but it would be a mistake to believe that the next election is a foregone conclusion.
They can read opinion polls too, and the loss of over 1,000 council seats will still be hurting.
As a result, it would be a mistake to assume that they will carry on just as before in all respects; they will have to offer something to voters.
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