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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It’s where you place the blame – politics beyond Brexit
The worst thing about the Brexit debacle is that it has blinded Parliament to bigger issues like the climate catastrophe, says ALAN SIMPSON
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
BREXIT is a constitutional crisis. Climate is an existential one. It’s important to get that clear before diving into my childhood affection for Peanuts cartoons.
One of my all-time favourites involved Charlie Brown (the doggedly persistent but incompetent organiser of an ever failing kids’ baseball team) coming off the park after another trashing defeat.
Lucy (his “maybe” childhood sweetheart) wrapped a comforting arm round his shoulder: “Never mind, Charlie Brown,” she consoled. “Just remember this. It doesn’t matter whether you win or whether you lose … It’s where you place the blame.”
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