As tens of thousands return to the streets for the first national Palestine march of 2026, this movement refuses to be sidelined or silenced, says PETER LEARY
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True Brits: The Muslims uniting with journalists under attack from the far right
LOUISE RAW reports on a visit to the Baitul Futuh Mosque, where she was welcomed by members of the Muslim community along with Mike Stuchbery – the journalist harassed at his home by ‘Tommy Robinson’
UNITY: (Left to right) Imam Uthman Shahzad Butt, Akber Butt, Mike Stuchbery, Louise Raw, Mrs Stuchbery, Mustafa Siddiqui, Yasir Khan, Imam Qamar Ahmed Zafar
If the government really wanted to address public finances, improve living standards and begin economic recovery, it would increase its borrowing for investment, argues MICHAEL BURKE
MATT KERR takes a winter journey through poetry, labour and memory, from Glasgow to Newcastle, arguing that our radical past isn’t something to revere from a distance, but a tool still meant to be used
One of Canada’s most revered politicians is a native of Falkirk but is relatively unknown in his original homeland. KENNY MacASKILL tells his story
Labour prospects in May elections may be irrevocably damaged by Birmingham Council’s costly refusal to settle the year-long dispute, warns STEVE WRIGHT
HENRY FOWLER and ROB POOLE explain the significance of today’s Megapicket
WHAT is “Britishness” — and who decides?
As a standard-issue leftie, it’s not a question that much interests me as much a rule, not least because of the iffyness of the whole concept.
But I’ve been forced to consider it lately, as the far right makes increasingly wild attempts to claim for itself a national identity based largely on “othering” everyone else.
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