SOLOMON HUGHES recommends Sunjeev Sahota’s recent novel set in a trade union election campaign for its fresh approach to what unites and divides workers, but wishes the union backdrop was truer to life
THE term “culture war” is an unwelcome US import. The American culture warriors of the right had a lot going for them 30 years ago.
Whether it was gun worship or banning abortion, they could rely on vast networks, secular and religious. A big section of society had never reconciled to the changes driven by the upheavals of the 1960s and ’70s.
The parallel British effort in the years of John Major’s governments was feeble by comparison.
Deep disillusionment with the Westminster cross-party consensus means rupture with the status quo is on the cards – bringing not only opportunities but also dangers, says NICK WRIGHT
Sisters came together last weekend for the landmark launch of a new women’s group. ROS SITWELL reports
As Starmer flies to Albania seeking deportation camps while praising Giorgia Meloni, KEVIN OVENDEN warns that without massive campaigns rejecting this new overt government xenophobia, Britain faces a soaring hard right and emboldened fascist thugs on the streets



