Once again Tower Hamlets is being targeted by anti-Islam campaigners, this time a revamped and radicalised version of Ukip — the far-right event is now banned by the police, but we’ll be assembling this Saturday to make sure they stay away, says JAYDEE SEAFORTH
Constitutions and socialist change
Talk in Scotland about a potential written constitution if independence is achieved should remind the left that this is something we too should be fighting for, writes PAULINE BRYAN
First Minister Humza Yousaf at the launch of the latest Building a New Scotland prospectus paper, which details plans for a new written constitution to be created by people in Scotland, at Atlantic Quay, Glasgow. Picture date: Monday June 19, 2023
URI WELTMANN reports on a day in the life of peace activists from Israel, travelling to help Palestinians in the West Bank harvest their olives under threat from settlers and soldiers
The independent TD’s campaign has put important issues like Irish reunification and military neutrality at the heart of the political conversation, argues SEAN MacBRADAIGH
Italian unions are mobilising against rearmament and for wages and investment – but left blunders still leave the ‘post-fascist’ Italian PM looking likely to keep her job, says NICK WRIGHT
New research into mutations in sperm helps us better understand why they occur, while debunking a few myths in the process, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
CAROL WILCOX argues for the proper implementation of the land value tax, which could see unused plots sold off and landlords priced out of landlordism, potentially resolving the housing and planning crises
THE constitution is firmly back on the agenda in Scotland following the SNP convention in Dundee last week, which was called to discuss the way forward on independence.
Although no votes were taken, the SNP leader Humza Yousaf seems to have won the day with a commitment that if the SNP wins a majority of seats in the next general election in Scotland, then it would seek negotiations with the Westminster government on how to “give democratic effect” to the country becoming independent.
For Yousaf, that remains a referendum. His speech, designed for party activist consumption, still has the SNP going it alone, leading Scotland to independence on a new constitution as yet to be agreed upon.
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