All the evidence shows voters want Labour to shift to the left — but initial signs from Andy Burnham are worrying on that front, cautions DIANE ABBOTT
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Attacks on our free speech and civil liberties must be resisted
20 years of anti-terror laws have left British people under unprecedented levels of surveillance, warns RICHARD RUDKIN
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ANDY McDONALD MP says Labour must show it is capable of delivering real improvements in people’s lives — bold action is required
ANGUS REID and ANDREW JOHNSTONE report on an initiative that we must take this summer
ALLISON FEWTRELL on what Plaid Cymru's historic election victory means for the communities being failed by Wales’s housing crisis, and four things the new government can do right now
France Insoumise MP JEROME LEGAVRE speaks to Christophe Domec on building the Europe-wide peace movement that came together in the International Conference Against War last weekend
At last weekend’s International Conference Against War, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER talks to the Palestinian physician and politician about the struggles ahead to achieve a truly free Palestine
ALTHOUGH they won’t admit it, governments are not over-keen on civil liberties.
Liberties make policing difficult and can be a hindrance when it comes to detecting, arresting and convicting people suspected of committing crimes.
However, in 1974, Harold Wilson’s Labour government deemed it necessary to temporarily set aside some civil liberties in order to protect the public.
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