Our Foreign Secretary now condemns Israel in the Commons, yet Britain still supplies weapons and intelligence for its bombing campaigns — as the horror reaches perhaps the final stage, action must finally replace words, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
The City cesspit stinks of corruption
A recent class action law suit against two British banks over allegations of rigging the foreign exchange market are only the tip of a dirty iceberg in a sea of effluent, writes STEVEN WALKER
I went to bed planning for university, but woke to bombs falling on Gaza, losing my home, best friend, and nearly my hand — yet I am unbroken, and still dream of writing to carry Palestinian voices worldwide, writes EMAN GHASSAN ABUZAYED
The shock suspension of socialist MPs and Diane Abbott’s re-suspension reveals a leadership intent on crushing internal debate — but MERCEDES VILLALBA MSP warns against surrendering party democracy without a fight
HUGH LANNING reports on an initiative that will aim at counteracting the anti-Palestine narratives spoon-fed to Western governments and the mass media by Israel’s propaganda machine
KEITH FLETT looks at the long history of coercion in British employment laws
While Spode quit politics after inheriting an earldom, Farage combines MP duties with selling columns, gin, and even video messages — proving reality produces more shameless characters than PG Wodehouse imagined, writes STEPHEN ARNELL
THE latest revelations about British banks’ squalid, illegal and corrupt behaviour is another in a long line dating back to the Thatcher government’s deregulation of the City of London in the 1980s.
This enabled City financial institutions to become saloon-bar brawlers in a gambling casino where risks to customers’ money were taken and money laundering of Mexican and Colombian drug cartels was facilitated.
Barclays and RBS are among five banks being sued in Britain over allegations of rigging the foreign exchange market.
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