As tens of thousands return to the streets for the first national Palestine march of 2026, this movement refuses to be sidelined or silenced, says PETER LEARY
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Starmerism and the Guardian’s sleight of hand
A recent article by Claire Ainsley conceals more than it reveals about current Labour thinking, says SOLOMON HUGHES
If the government really wanted to address public finances, improve living standards and begin economic recovery, it would increase its borrowing for investment, argues MICHAEL BURKE
MATT KERR takes a winter journey through poetry, labour and memory, from Glasgow to Newcastle, arguing that our radical past isn’t something to revere from a distance, but a tool still meant to be used
One of Canada’s most revered politicians is a native of Falkirk but is relatively unknown in his original homeland. KENNY MacASKILL tells his story
Labour prospects in May elections may be irrevocably damaged by Birmingham Council’s costly refusal to settle the year-long dispute, warns STEVE WRIGHT
HENRY FOWLER and ROB POOLE explain the significance of today’s Megapicket
IF YOU want an example of how British politics is a sealed system, designed to keep out popular demands for change, a recent article by Claire Ainsley in the Guardian is as good a starting place as any.
Ainsley was writing as Keir Starmer’s former policy chief, but the fact she is also a corporate lobbyist working for a Tory-run firm was hidden.
Starmer’s former “brains” was lecturing Labour supporters that Starmer was right to offer little to workers, while working for a firm offering to help corporations with “influencing” the government.
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