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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After decimating its left, Labour has now turned its sights on teachers and children, in a wave of policy announcements that have left the education community incredulous, writes teacher ROBERT POOLE
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
“THERE are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen,” wrote Lenin. Never has this been so true as this week in Labour’s pronouncements on education.
First, there was the announcement that the pledge of free school meals for all was going to be scrapped; next up was the story about how it would send in teams of “super-teachers” into deprived areas; and finally — in the most extreme case of not reading the room ever — the insistence that it would increase the number of Ofsted inspections to yearly.
At this point, I fear that Keir Starmer is reading this author’s Morning Star contributions and then doing the exact opposite of whatever I say.
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