After years hidden away, Oldham’s memorial to six local volunteers who died fighting fascism in the Spanish civil war has been restored to public view, marking both a victory for campaigners and a renewed tribute to the town’s proud International Brigade heritage, says ROB HARGREAVES
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A wounded Boris Johnson is even more of a danger
Any hint of ‘one-nation Toryism’ with investment and reform to woo red wall voters is gone – cornered, our PM will lash out with ever more reactionary, right-wing schemes, sowing discord as he goes down, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Protesters calling for the removal of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament in London.
While pretending to seek peace, Europe is heading toward a collision course with Russia – using security guarantees, troop deployments, expropriation and censorship as tools, writes SEVIM DAGDELEN
Alba party leader KENNY MacASKILL makes some suggestions on how to save our pubs and reduce irresponsible drinking
The catastrophe unfolding in Gaza – where Palestinians are freezing to death in tents – is not a natural disaster but a calculated outcome of Israel’s ongoing blockade, aid restrictions and continued violence, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
Opinion polls point to electoral collapse, parliamentary rebellion and a looming leadership challenge as Starmer’s Labour haemorrhages working-class support and the far right exploits the vacuum left by a hollowed-out party, says NICK WRIGHT
The long-term effects of chemical weapons such as Agent Orange mean that the impact of war lasts well beyond a ceasefire
IT’S impossible to know how the crisis in the Tory Party will play itself out.
Anyone who tells you they do know is kidding someone — either themselves or you.
But we do know that Boris Johnson has been seriously wounded by the vote of no confidence. A Johnson backlash presents serious dangers to workers, to women and to all ethnic minorities.
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