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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Establishment forces don’t like the new politics of Britain
The latest Brexit manoeuvrings of Farage, Umunna and the Lib Dems show further talk of a ‘Progressive Alliance’ would be misplaced, writes KEVIN OVENDEN
Former Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron speaking at a Britain Stronger In Europe rally in Birmingham
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
POLITICS has changed and it “isn’t going back into the old box where it was before.”
That is how Jeremy Corbyn responded six months ago almost to the day as the election showed a historic 10-point surge for the Labour Party.
Among those most desperate to shift politics back to before the Corbyn-Labour advance is Nigel Farage, whose Ukip was annihilated in June last year.
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As Starmer flies to Albania seeking deportation camps while praising Giorgia Meloni, KEVIN OVENDEN warns that without massive campaigns rejecting this new overt government xenophobia, Britain faces a soaring hard right and emboldened fascist thugs on the streets
Reform’s rise speaks to a deep crisis in Establishment parties – but relies on appealing to social and economic grievances the left should make its own, argues NICK WRIGHT
With Reform UK surging and Labour determined not to offer anything different from the status quo, a clear opportunity opens for the left, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE