Labour’s persistent failure to address its electorate’s salient concerns is behind the protest vote, asserts DIANE ABBOTT
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The Science & Society team respond to readers' thoughts on their previous column about sex and gender
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Washington’s lawless behaviour towards countries in the region it considers its ‘back yard’ should be condemned by all law-abiding people, says LUKE DANIELS
In part I of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY takes a look at the early days of organising government workers
Colombia’s success in controlling the drug trade should be recognised and its sovereignty respected, argues Dr GLORY SAAVEDRA
The shadow lord chancellor has recently made a name for himself as an rabid hater of immigration – but there are exceptions to every rule, says SOLOMON HUGHES
Plaid Cymru’s front-bench spokesman on health and social services MABON AP GWYNFOR, in a two-part series, analyses the Caerphilly by-election and the wider political scene in Wales ahead of the 2026 Senedd election
AFTER our article on the science of sex and gender (Does science “disprove” transgender identity?, October 25), several readers wrote thoughtful letters in response. Thank you to those who did. We would like to take the opportunity to respond to some critical points that were raised.
Debbie Hayton challenges us that we fail to persuade that “gender theory is the route to liberation.” As several correspondents point out, the route to total liberation is actually emancipation of the working class from capitalism. With this we wholeheartedly agree, but that does not mean critical thinking on gender is not important.
In our article we sought to address a single point: that “science” does not provide a basis for transphobia, something which is occasionally mystified, even in this newspaper.
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