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‘Bring me the head of Jeremy the Baptist’
by ALAN SIMPSON
As protests erupt over Henry Nowak’s murder, ANDREW MURRAY argues that anger is being exploited to advance a wider racist and anti-immigration agenda
CARLOS MARTINEZ explains the sound case for car manufacturing co-operation with China
The National Emergency Briefing outlines the need for urgent action to address environmental crisis, says PAUL DONOVAN, warning that there’s no time to indulge the arguments of the fossil-fuel-funded climate-change deniers
Campaigners say criticism of Labour MP Stephen Morgan’s position on Gaza has been met with police intervention and cancelled opportunities for debate. HESTER WOLFE reports
The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights warns of escalation danger in Iran war
PERHAPS it should read “…Jeremy the Bastard” or “…Jeremy the Pacifist.” But “…Jeremy the anti-semite” is today’s barely concealed lynching cry.
And for the moment Labour has complied: suspending him from the parliamentary party and spinning everything into a political confusion that will end up doing Labour no favours whatsoever.
The game plan is as much about hobbling Sir Keir as nobbling Jeremy.
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