As Colombia approaches presidential elections next year, the US decision to decertify the country in the war on drugs plays into the hands of its allies on the political right, writes NICK MacWILLIAM
Summoning the spirit of summer ’15
As Corbynmania spreads across Britain, Labour’s message of hope is clearly connecting with voters, writes CHARLEY ALLAN
WHO remembers the summer of 2015, when what first seemed impossible somehow became inevitable?
When Jeremy Corbyn agreed to stand for the Labour leadership, nobody — including the candidate himself — thought he’d win, or probably even get on the ballot.
But good luck saw him reach the ridiculously high nomination threshold a minute before deadline — and then, given the chance to vote for clear socialist values, Labour members did so in spades.
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