Labour prospects in May elections may be irrevocably damaged by Birmingham Council’s costly refusal to settle the year-long dispute, warns STEVE WRIGHT
‘Rejoice’ revisited: dystopian democracy
We move from partygate to blame games, never acknowledging the bigger picture that even arch-neoliberal forums like Davos can no longer avoid. The answers are out there, but our political elite will be the last to listen, writes ALAN SIMPSON
a panel session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 25, 2022.
HENRY FOWLER and ROB POOLE explain the significance of today’s Megapicket
One hundred years after 1.7m workers shut the country down in defence of the miners, the struggles that sparked the 1926 General Strike are still with us – and will be honoured on London’s May Day march this year, writes MARY ADOSSIDES
The Labour Growth Group and its think tank partner, the Good Growth Foundation, have taken funding from major lobbying firms linked to housebuilders, banks and Heathrow – raising questions about corporate influence at the heart of Starmer’s pro-growth project. SOLOMON HUGHES reports
The fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, a registered nurse and union member, has sparked nationwide protests and renewed calls from National Nurses United to dismantle Ice and related agencies, says MARK GRUENBERG
A Vatican photo-op, a hard-right donor and a rhetoric of mass deportations reveal how appeals to ‘Christian values’ are being reshaped by Reform and Tory MPs, says SOLOMON HUGHES
JUST over 40 years ago, on April 26 1982, Margaret Thatcher weaponised the word “rejoice.”
It became a term that would forever divide the nation; the assassin’s kiss Thatcherite zealots would use, as much against their own “one nation” Tories as against Labour and the poor.
Thatcher’s “rejoice” announced Britain’s first “victory” in the Falklands/Malvinas war. It symbolised the shift into a politics where winning was the only thing that mattered.
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