The Tories introduced the 50% strike ballot threshold to make industrial action harder. MATT WRACK argues that a Labour government has no justification for leaving it on the statute book
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Brexit blame game risks destroying our democracy
By casting Parliament as the people’s enemy, Johnson is recklessly creating space for the far right to thrive, warns CHARLEY ALLAN
In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs
The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
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
Scotland's Labour leader cannot continue to evade responsibility for the party's decline, argues LAUREN HARPER
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
AS TORY election strategies go, “people versus Parliament” is possibly the most dangerous and divisive narrative since “strivers versus skivers.”
Both soundbites tear at the fabric of civilised society, but while David Cameron was content to turn the working poor against the unemployed, Boris Johnson seems prepared to destroy democracy itself to hold on to power.
Parliament has indeed been locked in conflict for years — but against the government, not the people. As Jeremy Corbyn says: “Parliament is the people.”
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