All the evidence shows voters want Labour to shift to the left — but initial signs from Andy Burnham are worrying on that front, cautions DIANE ABBOTT
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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
ANDY McDONALD MP says Labour must show it is capable of delivering real improvements in people’s lives — bold action is required
ANGUS REID and ANDREW JOHNSTONE report on an initiative that we must take this summer
ALLISON FEWTRELL on what Plaid Cymru's historic election victory means for the communities being failed by Wales’s housing crisis, and four things the new government can do right now
France Insoumise MP JEROME LEGAVRE speaks to Christophe Domec on building the Europe-wide peace movement that came together in the International Conference Against War last weekend
At last weekend’s International Conference Against War, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER talks to the Palestinian physician and politician about the struggles ahead to achieve a truly free Palestine
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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CLAUDIA WEBBE argues that Labour gains nothing from its adoption of right-wing stances on immigration, and seems instead to be deliberately paving the way for the far right to become an established force in British politics, as it has already in Europe
