RICHARD RUDKIN can foresee only betrayal of working people under Starmer

The current situation within Labour, where you can be disciplined for expressing support for those already disciplined, is a grim indication of what a Starmer government might look like, warns RICHARD RUDKIN

The explosion which killed 15 and injured many more was never likely to be the work of the IRA — but that is exactly the lie the British government deliberately tried to spread, writes RICHARD RUDKIN

The work of researchers at Paper Trail has uncovered an unaccountable lack of action by the British army when warned of bombs planted in Belfast on July 21 1972. RICHARD RUDKIN reports

Two-faced, untrustworthy, backsliding, careerist politicians — this is what has replaced Corbyn’s front bench. This is not likely to win back lost Labour voters, writes RICHARD RUDKIN

The massacre of innocent Catholic civilians on Bloody Sunday in Derry 50 years ago became a turning point with tragic consequences for Northern Ireland communities and British soldiers alike, writes RICHARD RUDKIN

If a statute of limitations stopping all prosecutions related to the Troubles before 1998 is put in place as planned this autumn, it sets a terrible precedent, writes former British soldier RICHARD RUDKIN

If we continue to blindly fight for a Labour victory despite its current centre-right leadership and policies, we are only damaging the left — not bring it closer to power, argues RICHARD RUDKIN

The legal campaigns by bereaved Irish families are not ‘vexatious’ or political propaganda. Where the British army has lied, history needs to be corrected by the guilty being brought to justice, writes RICHARD RUDKIN

The Prime Minister has finally said sorry for the deaths of 10 innocent people 50 years ago — but don’t expect other admissions to be forthcoming, or the whole house of cards justifying Britain’s occupation of the North of Ireland would collapse, explains RICHARD RUDKIN

When a centrist calls for ‘unity,’ the real message is that the left should not be seen or heard, but simply support the party leader, says RICHARD RUDKIN

In the absence of a trade deal, RICHARD RUDKIN takes a look at how we ended up where we are now

The explosion that killed 15 civilians including two children and seriously injured many others was immediately blamed on the IRA by the British Army without evidence — instead, strong evidence would emerge that the massacre was the work of pro-British paramilitaries, reveals RICHARD RUDKIN

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

Although responsibilty for the waste-tip avalanche that crushed a school was never denied by the National Coal Board, neither was justice ever really pursued, explains RICHARD RUDKIN

The attempt to close the book on the Troubles' darkest hour for British Army soldiers is an insult to the victims' families and to the rule of law. It is a stark indication of where this government is headed, writes RICHARD RUDKIN

20 years of anti-terror laws have left British people under unprecedented levels of surveillance, warns RICHARD RUDKIN

Where is our politicians’ anger over killings by rubber bullets in Britain and the North of Ireland? asks RICHARD RUDKIN as fresh details of injustice and tragedy emerge

RICHARD RUDKIN recalls how the actions of the British army in West Belfast 50 years ago changed opinions in the community forever

He was shot twice in the head in Derry in 1972 – but the man facing charges for his murder claims facing trial is a breach of his human rights. When will his family get the answers they need, asks RICHARD RUDKIN

The fact is that throughout the Troubles many meetings took place with the IRA, including British military top brass and Harold Wilson. So if Corbyn did too, would it have really been such a bad thing? asks RICHARD RUDKIN

The terrible decision to send the British Army to quell tensions quickly lead to hundreds of deaths – but also acts of kindness and humanity, writes RICHARD RUDKIN

Recent cases have barely scratched the surface in revealing the extent of collusion and cover-up in atrocities by the British state, writes RICHARD RUDKIN

RICHARD RUDKIN reports on the efforts to expose a suspected summary execution and cover-up when security forces gunned down a 34-year-old republican on the Falls Road

For the sake of the families of those killed, former soldiers should not have immunity from prosecution, says RICHARD RUDKIN

RICHARD RUDKIN explains why people were marching in Derry on the fateful day that came to be known as Bloody Sunday

Former soldier RICHARD RUDKIN cannot take the state’s hypocrisy wanting keep youth away from the armed ‘adventure’ of terrorism, but then promising the same adventure under the Union Jack

A new documentary film aims to expose the events surrounding the Ballymurphy Massacre. RICHARD RUDKIN reports

The decision to keep secret the files relating to deaths caused by British army use of ‘baton rounds’ in the 1980s only augments the agony the victims' families have suffered, writes RICHARD RUDKIN

Former soldier RICHARD RUKDIN doesn’t think the army’s new ‘liberal’ PR should be taken at face value

RICHARD RUDKIN believes that the government’s proposal for a ‘statute of limitations’ with regards to killings of civilians in Northern Ireland by agents of the British state reveals a plan to pick and choose who has access to justice

The Northern Ireland Veterans Association (NIVA) wants to tell its side of the story in a film The Great Betrayal. RICHARD RUDKIN suspects their version of the truth may differ from his and he explains why

Forty-six years on, the British state still owes the victim's families answers, writes RICHARD RUDKIN