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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Boris Johnson is a threat to our already-crumbling democracy
We need system-wide answers to the current crisis of democracy in Britain, where the masses are ready to support a demagogue, writes LYNN HENDERSON
Boris Johnson with Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick
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
YOU don’t have to look far to see that — 200 years since the first big battles for the vote — our democracy is in trouble.
Dissatisfaction with our political system is rife. A recent Hansard study found that over half of people think that what the country needs is a “strong leader who is willing to break the rules.” In the eyes of many of his supporters, Johnson, who has so far in his career shown scant regard for rules, conventions and accountability, is filling that space.
Despite being cut from the same establishment cloth as the wider political elite, he’s pitched himself as the man to take on the “vested interests” and restore faith in democracy by delivering Brexit.
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