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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The Prisoner: are we the new Number 6?
The organised incoherence of government policies creates the perfect cover for Johnson’s deconstruction of democracy, with a ruthless transfer of powers from citizens to corporations, says ALAN SIMPSON
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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
DON’T be under any illusions. This article offers no sanctuary for the advocates of “herd immunity.”
As an answer to the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s a price too high.
A colossal increase in death rates, and overwhelming the NHS, does not even bear thinking about. All the same, the growing sense of societal imprisonment needs to be acknowledged and explored.
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