With thousands of civilians killed and the global economy in crisis, campaigners warn that the US and Israel risk dragging the entire world into its disastrous war on Iran. ‘Starmer needs to end British support for this catastrophe,’ CND says
Coming alive in ’25 – can Labour shift the political pendulum?
Centrist governments around the world face rejection by their electorates as neoliberalism fails to deliver the public prosperity it never promised – and the same fate awaits Labour unless it starts to deliver for those struggling to survive, says ALAN SIMPSON
PLUMMETING IN
THE POLLS: Keir
Starmer’s popularity
ratings have taken a
battering
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
PAUL FOLEY speaks to Mark Calvert, director of I, Daniel Blake before a new tour
If the United States wants international success in a game it built, maybe it should embrace the joy of the game rather than the unnecessary military pageantry, writes JAMES NALTON
BRITAIN entered 2025 amid a welter of blizzards, flooding and abandoned public celebrations across the country. And we hadn’t even begun to talk about the government.
It seems remarkable that Labour should enter the new year already having nosedived in the opinion polls. But we need to separate the self-inflicted injuries from the structural problems the government faces.
Everyone knew Labour’s 2024 landslide election victory was mainly a rejection of the corruption and greed after 14 years of self-serving Tory governance. Everyone knew that years of repair would have to follow. Everyone knew that a more inclusive politics would take time.
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