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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Unions take no pride in Raab and McVey
LOGAN WILLIAMS reports on the chorus of condemnation for the Tory frontrunners' bigotry towards LGBT+ people from the labour movement
People take part in the Pride in London Parade in central London
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
LAST week saw the British Conservative Party’s anti-equalities mentality exposed by two of the frontrunners to replace Theresa May as leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party, namely Esther McVey and Dominic Raab.
Esther McVey, the minister who presided over a cruel and vicious campaign during her time as Minister for Work and Pensions against the most vulnerable in our society – demonstrated most clearly by her comments that the growing dependence on foodbanks in Britain was a “positive” development – has faced criticism over her statement in support of the parents refusing to allow their children to participate in LGBT+ inclusive lessons on relationships and sex education. “Parents need to have the final say on what they want their children to know,” she said.
Dominic Raab, the former Brexit minister infamous for his statement in 2011 declaring feminists to be “obnoxious bigots” – a sentiment he recently refused to distance himself from – has also faced criticism for comments made against transgender people.
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