Mask-off outbursts by Maga insiders and most strikingly, the destruction and reconstruction of the presidential seat, with a huge new $300m ballroom, means Trump isn’t planning to leave the White House when his term ends, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
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ROBERT POOLE looks at the state of education in 2022 and concludes that it is time for workers to take action against the unfair advantages of the rich and powerful
Britain’s most famous public school, Eton College
BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
The City is leaning on Rachel Reeves to cut welfare spending — when what’s needed is cuts to all the benefits given to the mega rich, corporations and banks to help them not pay or blatantly dodge their fair share of tax, explains BERNIE EVANS
The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
ANN HENDERSON looks at the trailblazers of the Women’s Trade Union League and their successful fight for female factory inspectors — a battle that echoes in today’s workplace campaigns
HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies
MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
OVER the weekend it emerged that private schools, not content with the advantages already gained by smaller class sizes and access to the technology and facilities afforded by fees, endowments and tax breaks, “gamed” Covid rules to give their pupils more top A-levels.
Schools “at least doubled the proportion of A*s handed out to their A-level pupils last year compared with 2019,” according to research done by The Times.
Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson took to Twitter to play pin the blame on the Tories: “The Tories’ chaotic failure to prepare saw grades soar in top private schools.”
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