As tens of thousands return to the streets for the first national Palestine march of 2026, this movement refuses to be sidelined or silenced, says PETER LEARY
THERE is a real “Oh, now they tell us!” feeling when you read the newspapers right now — more of the political press are open that Keir Starmer is working for the right wing of the Labour Party.
Even quite soft-left and centrist pundits are worried this means we are facing a “hopeless” election, with an opposition party that doesn’t oppose much and promises less.
It would have been more useful if they had reported these predictable truths when Starmer was running for Labour leader. Or in the earlier days of his rule when Starmer was less solidly in post.
While Reform poses as a workers’ party, a credible left alternative rooted in working-class communities would expose their sham — and Corbyn’s stature will be crucial to its appeal, argues CHELLEY RYAN
From Gaza complicity to welfare cuts chaos, Starmer’s baggage accumulates, and voters will indeed find ‘somewhere else’ to go — to the Greens, nationalists, Lib Dems, Reform UK or a new, working-class left party, writes NICK WRIGHT



