Labour’s persistent failure to address its electorate’s salient concerns is behind the protest vote, asserts DIANE ABBOTT
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Italy: far-right government has no answer to deepening poverty
Unable to stand up to the banks, Giorgia Meloni’s administration cannot agree to a minimum wage and has already cut essential benefits programmes, plunging thousands into turmoil, reports NICK WRIGHT
(From left) The League's Matteo Salvini, Forza Italia's Silvio Berlusconi, and Brothers of Italy's Giorgia Meloni attend the final rally of the far-right coalition in central Rome, Thursday, September 22, 2022
Washington’s lawless behaviour towards countries in the region it considers its ‘back yard’ should be condemned by all law-abiding people, says LUKE DANIELS
In part I of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY takes a look at the early days of organising government workers
Colombia’s success in controlling the drug trade should be recognised and its sovereignty respected, argues Dr GLORY SAAVEDRA
The shadow lord chancellor has recently made a name for himself as an rabid hater of immigration – but there are exceptions to every rule, says SOLOMON HUGHES
Plaid Cymru’s front-bench spokesman on health and social services MABON AP GWYNFOR, in a two-part series, analyses the Caerphilly by-election and the wider political scene in Wales ahead of the 2026 Senedd election
HERE in Italy, when our good neighbour Carlo invited us to a feast in the village square, it seemed a good idea to accept.
Carlo, a retired bus engineer, is “assessore” to the commune and was elected on the non-partisan citizens’ list organised by our mayor Simone.
Carlo had organised a table, and from our little borgata of half a dozen houses down the hill from the village centre, there would be seven of us.
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