Mask-off outbursts by Maga insiders and most strikingly, the destruction and reconstruction of the presidential seat, with a huge new $300m ballroom, means Trump isn’t planning to leave the White House when his term ends, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
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Liz Truss is back as a rebel icon for Tories preparing for a spell in the wilderness — when they return, they may be heralding an all-out ‘flat tax’ assault on our welfare state, warns SOLOMON HUGHES
BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
The City is leaning on Rachel Reeves to cut welfare spending — when what’s needed is cuts to all the benefits given to the mega rich, corporations and banks to help them not pay or blatantly dodge their fair share of tax, explains BERNIE EVANS
The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
ANN HENDERSON looks at the trailblazers of the Women’s Trade Union League and their successful fight for female factory inspectors — a battle that echoes in today’s workplace campaigns
HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies
MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
WHAT does Liz Truss’s failed leadership say about where the Tories are going? Well, it says they are going to lose the next election, so you might not think it matters.
The Tories haven’t recovered from Truss’s self-destruction. The more Rishi Sunak flails around to recover from her tanked polling, the worse he does.
But if you look a bit longer term, there is the very real danger that the Tories will return soon enough, especially if the next Labour government is — as it promises to be — uninspiring.
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