Gloucestershire’s phlebotomists have brought their historic strike to a close after almost a year of action, leaving a legacy of determination – and a clear lesson about the power of solidarity in the face of anti-union laws and austerity, says FBU general secretary STEVE WRIGHT
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The Establishment grasps at straws
The left needs to stand firm against those calling for a ‘national government’ or a new centre party and fight for a Corbyn-led Labour government, argues DIANE ABBOTT
Diane Abbott
With more people dying each year and many spending their final days in institutions, researchers argue that wider access to palliative care could offer a more humane and cost-effective alternative, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
While public outrage has focused on the abuse committed within Jeffrey Epstein’s orbit, key questions remain unresolved, says JOHN GREEN
In the second part of her critique of Wes Streeting’s TenYear Plan for Health, HELEN MERCER looks at the central planks of this privatisation blueprint
Tens of thousands of students left their classrooms and took to the streets against conscription and rising military spending. NICK WRIGHT reports from Berlin
A call from the World Peace Council to the peace movements of the world
There is a growing chorus of voices calling for some kind of “national government.” Sometimes it is expressed by saying that politicians should come together to deliver Brexit.
Alongside this there are whispers of moves to set up a new centre party which would incorporate politicians of all parties and none.
It is easy to see the superficial attraction of this kind of politics. The same argument is often used in relationship to the NHS. “If only,” people sigh, “we could take the politics out of health issues.”
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