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
To paraphrase the late great Jerry Lee Lewis "There's a whole lotta hatin' going on."
Those familiar with this column will know that it tends to focus on the murky world of British politics and the cretinous individuals in charge in this country.
However, after three weeks of total immersion in the moral miasma of party conference season that's the last thing it wants to think about for a while.
While riding the No 3 bus in Glasgow MATT KERR has ample time to dissect the moribund Scottish Labour decline into near oblivion and watch intriguing bus passenger dynamics
Durham Miners’ Association general secretary ALAN MARDGHUM speaks to Ben Chacko about the PM-in-waiting, the threat of Reform and the radical change of direction this country needs
TONY FOX reports from a commemoration of the legendary Battle of Jarama in which four Stockton-on-Tees volunteers fell



