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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The future should rest in the hands of the Scottish people
KATE RAMSDEN of Unison’s Scottish committee explains the challenge in the face of the demands for a second independence referendum and how the union is approaching it
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
AS those of us on the left reel under the outcome of a terrible election defeat and struggle to understand why so many working-class people, especially in England, voted against their interests and rejected the best opportunity in decades for a government that would have bettered the lives of the poorest and most vulnerable, it feels like a sliver of optimism that those of us north of the border might just have an alternative to more years of Tory rule.
Many of our colleagues across England envy us the opportunity to vote to go it alone — to carve out for ourselves a different kind of society, one that is hopefully more caring and compassionate and above all more equal.
Because there is no doubt about it, however much Boris Johnson’s first Budget panders to the people who voted for him and gives what will be – if it happens – a welcome rise in funding for the NHS and other public services, his is still a government that is deeply rooted in inequality and casual discrimination.
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