All the evidence shows voters want Labour to shift to the left — but initial signs from Andy Burnham are worrying on that front, cautions DIANE ABBOTT
THE declaration that the US will continue to bomb Yemen means that the Biden administration has effectively declared war on the Houthis, who now control the country.
The British government’s parroting of this line of course means that we too are now effectively at war. In addition, this government has let the world know that any reckless adventure that the US initiates, British armed forces will put at their disposal too.
The conflict is part of the wider regional military struggle going on, with Gaza as the centrepiece. It is ludicrous for Western politicians to claim that action in the Red Sea and against Yemen are completely divorced from the onslaught in Gaza.
The growing argument that welfare must be sacrificed for ‘security’ is built on nothing but myth, argues MICHAEL BURKE
History shows from Iraq to Libya, and now Iran, that regime-change fantasies rarely deliver stability — but they always deliver human and economic cost, says MARYAM ESLAMDOUST


