The Mandelson scandal reveals a political settlement in which democratic choice is curtailed and the power of markets eclipses the will of voters – only the left can challenge this, writes JON TRICKETT MP
IS the party over? Is the Labour Party just one big waste of time — an energy sponge that exhausts anyone who wants to change Britain?
Many thousands of people seem to feel that way and have resigned their membership.
The turnaround from a growing party that felt like a social movement to Sir Keir Starmer’s bland, beige leadership is too disheartening.
With ‘Your Party’ holding its founding conference in Liverpool this weekend, JEREMY CORBYN speaks to Morning Star editor Ben Chacko about its potential, its priorities — and a few of its controversies too
While Reform poses as a workers’ party, a credible left alternative rooted in working-class communities would expose their sham — and Corbyn’s stature will be crucial to its appeal, argues CHELLEY RYAN



