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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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’
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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
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IT’S at times like these that a political commentator, albeit an exceptionally jaded and cynical one such as your scribe, looks around and sees that the majority of the population are, if not in the same boat, then on the same downstream confluence that passes for a river.
Each day the political hack has to sit through interminable bullshit and — if they are given to do so — take a side. This week everybody is in the same situation — voting for a slightly less odious option while holding their nose and trying not to cry from sheer frustration.
As it may have mentioned before, this column is an adherent of the philosophy expounded by legendary parliamentary sketch writer Norman Shrapnel — crazy name, crazy guy — when it comes to politicos, that to meet them “could only serve to dull my hatred.”
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