DAVE CALFE, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ trade union, writes exclusively for the Morning Star as the union’s five-day annual conference opens in Birmingham
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There seems to be a sort of end-of-term mania sweeping the country this week, says Paddy Mcguffin
Election of a new leadership at Hadash’s convention signals a renewed effort to forge a broad Arab-Jewish alliance in Israel, says AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN
HENRY FOWLER, national co-ordinator for General Strike 100, continued his nationwide tour of partner organisations by joining campaigners and trade unionists in Brighton for the unveiling of a new blue plaque and a full day of commemorative events marking the centenary of the ‘Battle of Lewes Road’
The FBU leader speaks to Ben Chacko about cuts, collapsing Starmerism and confronting the far right
The collapse of Streeting’s leadership challenge and an opening for Burnham’s potential path back to Parliament have accelerated the battle over what – if anything – Labour still stands for, writes ANDREW MURRAY
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the relationship between law and the humanities
There seems to be a sort of end-of-term mania sweeping the country this week. From peers to politicians to pastors they've all been at it.
Christmas is of course a time when we look back and reflect on what has gone before, so here goes.
We've had bent lords a-leeching, vain MPs chiselling, late greaseballs preying, serving coppers lying, sacked Serco whining, live spooks a spying, more fawning berks, three dense Lib Dems, a slew of Tory twerps and apartheid deniers on the TV.
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