Labour prospects in May elections may be irrevocably damaged by Birmingham Council’s costly refusal to settle the year-long dispute, warns STEVE WRIGHT
Embracing the unthinkable
In the era of climate chaos, we need the courage to build a new, greener world right now, says ALAN SIMPSON
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
IT WASN’T the 130 forest fires raging across the US that got to me, nor Britain’s moorland fires, the torrential storms hitting Belfast, with two months rain in two hours, the lightning strikes that took out train signalling systems across the north of England or the gales causing widespread travel disruptions.
What stopped me in my tracks was something far more subtle.
I’ve come to accept that politics will struggle to address “climate” until the public translates it into “weather.
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