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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Clueless Tories descend into utter oblivion
DIANE ABBOTT compares, with high hopes, the vibrancy of the Labour Party conference with the bankrupt policies offered by dead-end Tories
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
THIS week, the Tories claimed that they want to build a country that works for everyone, but in fact their conference showed they have nothing left to offer the people of Britain.
They’ve spent the week rehashing policies and watering down Labour ideas to present as their own. They’ve shown a lacklustre and divided front and failed to address the real issues facing our country.
When it came to Theresa May’s speech for example, she finally recognised that the energy market was broken, echoing the speech from Ed Miliband the Tories mocked as Marxist not so many years ago.
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