The question is not simply how much we spend on defence, but what we understand defence and security to mean, says SIMON BRIGNELL
BORIS JOHNSON’S shambolic record and divisive rhetoric may have won over the Tory membership, but I’d like to see him go up against Jeremy Corbyn and try that same tactic on the public: we need a general election now.
Johnson has lied and deceived his way to the biggest political job in this country and he’s left in his wake a trail of failure, incompetence and disgustingly offensive remarks.
He is a self-serving racist, Islamophobic, homophobic elitist with a ruthless drive to get to the top. He isn’t fit to lead a parish council, never mind the country.
Despite the screeching from the right-wing media, Burnham’s speech chimed with the public mood - and socialists should take advantage, says Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO
Mask-off outbursts by Maga insiders and most strikingly, the destruction and reconstruction of the presidential seat, with a huge new $300m ballroom, means Trump isn’t planning to leave the White House when his term ends, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER



