Andy Burnham could learn a few lessons from a previous Labour government in the pre-privatisation era on how to tackle water shortages, writes KEITH FLETT
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Smoke and mirrors at Labour Party conference
Labour continues to tinker round the edges dealing in half measures
North East Volunteers for Liberty plan to mark a double anniversary in October for local heroes who stood firm against tyranny, writes TONY FOX
India’s monsoon is running below normal overall, yet extreme rainfall has already caused deadly flooding in Kerala, explains LIGIN JOSEPH
Renewed illusions in social democratic reformism are sprouting as a result of Andy Burnham’s rhetoric, but material conditions are already intruding into the debate, argues NICK WRIGHT
The US is hell-bent on dismantling the International Criminal Court as part of its assault on global legal systems, but others also have valid reasons to seek its demise. BEN CHACKO provides the analysis
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a preening wassock strutting around a stage in Brighton attempting to be macho.
This was Ed Miliband's latest wheeze, pretending self-deprecation while at the same time aiming for bragging rights with one of the most nauseatingly smarmy anecdotes heard at a Labour conference since Blair last did his "second coming" shtick.
Miliband's ploy was so transparent that if you squinted you could see the script-writers beavering away behind the curtain like manic members of the Jim Henson workshop operating a particularly nondescript and awkward muppet.
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