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
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Labour needs an ‘I’m Spartacus’ moment to defend Corbyn
We need to speak out, not only to defend the former leader of the party, but against the authoritarian and dictatorial direction Labour is taking, where discussion and debate are shut down, says RICHARD RUDKIN
ANDY McDONALD MP says Labour must show it is capable of delivering real improvements in people’s lives — bold action is required
ANGUS REID and ANDREW JOHNSTONE report on an initiative that we must take this summer
ALLISON FEWTRELL on what Plaid Cymru's historic election victory means for the communities being failed by Wales’s housing crisis, and four things the new government can do right now
France Insoumise MP JEROME LEGAVRE speaks to Christophe Domec on building the Europe-wide peace movement that came together in the International Conference Against War last weekend
At last weekend’s International Conference Against War, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER talks to the Palestinian physician and politician about the struggles ahead to achieve a truly free Palestine
LAST January, when the Labour leadership had yet to be decided, it gave me no pleasure writing in the Morning Star of my fears that all candidates signing up to the Board of Deputies’ (BoD) 10 pledges would result in members being silenced over anything remotely linked to Israel, regardless of whether it was anti-semitic or not, or risk being suspended.
Fast-forward to the present day and what do we have? A former Labour leader suspended, then reinstated but with the whip removed, for daring to respond to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) report with his opinion on its findings.
The reaction by some of the left MPs has been commendable. Richard Burgon writing in the Morning Star (November 5) eloquently spelt out the importance of reinstating Corbyn back into the Labour Party and the need to fight the Tories.
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