Labour’s persistent failure to address its electorate’s salient concerns is behind the protest vote, asserts DIANE ABBOTT
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Gardening with MAT COWARD
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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
UNLESS we achieve worldwide socialism within the next few weeks — and although I’m not ruling that out in the present climate, it would be improvident to entirely depend on it — it seems possible that we will see food shortages later this year.
I’ve written to my local MP suggesting that Richard Branson, Lord Sugar and all the other pointless tycoons be rounded up, chained together, and made to work the land for us.
But I haven’t had a reply yet, so just in case the government doesn’t take up this idea, my thoughts are turning towards beans.
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