SOLOMON HUGHES uncovers government documents showing hidden dinners and meetings between Labour figures and disgraced Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm, which collapsed after links to Epstein and sleazy influence operations came to light
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Azov Battalion leader honoured in Israel
AMIAD HOROWITZ argues that the red-carpet treatment of an organisation that has never denied its Nazi roots and still uses Nazi symbols on its uniforms is a refutation of Israel’s claim to be the protector of the Jewish people
Members of the neonazi Azov battalion march through Kiev
In the second of a series of interviews with leaders of progressive parties in Wales ahead of the May 7 Senedd election David Nicholson talks to Welsh Green Party leader ANTHONY SLAUGHTER
Oil and gas prices are rising due to the illegal war against Iran, but new nuclear power plants will only make things worse as their costs also escalate, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
As women dominate public services yet face pay gaps, unsafe workloads and rising misogyny, this International Women’s Day and TUC Women’s Conference must be a rallying point, says ANDREA EGAN
As the government quietly begins reviewing the BBC’s Royal Charter, the moment should be seized to refound the corporation as a truly democratic, regionally rooted public service, writes PAUL W FLEMING
Like the president in Wag the Dog, Donald Trump faces scandal at home and turns to conflict abroad. But the conflict with Iran risks igniting a regional inferno with global consequences, warns ROGER McKENZIE
AS a non-religious, atheist Jew, I am not one to make many biblical references.
However, reading the news that representatives of the neonazi Azov Battalion have been invited to tour Israel as part of a PR stunt for the Ukrainian government, I found myself remembering the words of Jeremiah: “Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”
I found myself thinking of my ancestors and the millions of Jews slaughtered at the hands of Nazis.
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