After years hidden away, Oldham’s memorial to six local volunteers who died fighting fascism in the Spanish civil war has been restored to public view, marking both a victory for campaigners and a renewed tribute to the town’s proud International Brigade heritage, says ROB HARGREAVES
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Brexit seen as a game of football
Game on as ALAN SIMPSON proposes an unorthodox problem-tackling perspective
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While pretending to seek peace, Europe is heading toward a collision course with Russia – using security guarantees, troop deployments, expropriation and censorship as tools, writes SEVIM DAGDELEN
Alba party leader KENNY MacASKILL makes some suggestions on how to save our pubs and reduce irresponsible drinking
The catastrophe unfolding in Gaza – where Palestinians are freezing to death in tents – is not a natural disaster but a calculated outcome of Israel’s ongoing blockade, aid restrictions and continued violence, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
Opinion polls point to electoral collapse, parliamentary rebellion and a looming leadership challenge as Starmer’s Labour haemorrhages working-class support and the far right exploits the vacuum left by a hollowed-out party, says NICK WRIGHT
The long-term effects of chemical weapons such as Agent Orange mean that the impact of war lasts well beyond a ceasefire
You know a government is in trouble when its MPs start attacking each other with metaphors and acronyms.
Gone are the days when MPs jousted with swords, when the lines dividing each side of the House were drawn just more than “2 sword-widths apart.”
This wouldn’t be much help today, not because MPs now have ribbons to hang their swords on in the members’ cloakroom, but because the duelling is all on the Tories’ own benches. The source of the conflict is, of course, Brexit.
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