The crew of the Freedom Flotilla boat, Handala, warned Israel to obey international law but are now in captivity, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
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A government this corrupt could fall
The rot starts from the head down — even former Tory leaders are denouncing the open avarice of the Johnson regime. We must harness the bubbling public outrage and remember how sleaze has brought down governments before, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under fire for trying to undermine parliamentary standards
A Chilean court ruled that funds were illegally taken by the dictator to accumulate family wealth that is now disputed among his heirs, writes PABLO MERIGUET
DAVID HORSLEY remembers communist seaman Bill Bailey, the ‘Kid from Hoboken,’ whose heroics in tearing down a swastika flag from a ship’s mast inspired early anti-fascist resistance
Our Foreign Secretary now condemns Israel in the Commons, yet Britain still supplies weapons and intelligence for its bombing campaigns — as the horror reaches perhaps the final stage, action must finally replace words, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
I went to bed planning for university, but woke to bombs falling on Gaza, losing my home, best friend, and nearly my hand — yet I am unbroken, and still dream of writing to carry Palestinian voices worldwide, writes EMAN GHASSAN ABUZAYED
The shock suspension of socialist MPs and Diane Abbott’s re-suspension reveals a leadership intent on crushing internal debate — but MERCEDES VILLALBA MSP warns against surrendering party democracy without a fight
CORRUPTION is not a charge that should be laid lightly against any individual or government. Misdirected, it can besmirch individuals who have done nothing wrong and it can devalue politics altogether if baseless charges are thrown around.
So it is with considerable care that the claim that this government is corrupt should be made: in this case, it is fully justified. This is not about the actions of one or two rogue individuals — it involves a large number of ministers and ex-ministers, or even law officers and it is on a grand scale.
Crucially, it involves those at the very top. It is widely asserted, without rebuttal, that the reason Boris Johnson wanted to ditch the entire regulatory system and the regulator for MPs’ conduct was not to save Owen Paterson. This Prime Minister does not do personal loyalty in any sphere of his life.
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