Just as German Social Democrats joined the Nazis in singing Deutschland Uber Alles, ANDREW MURRAY observes how Starmer tries to out-Farage Farage with anti-migrant policies — but evidence shows Reform voters come from Tories, not Labour, making this ploy morally bankrupt and politically pointless
Little bread and a depressing royal circus
The traditional prescription to stave off revolt looks increasingly unfit for purpose — whether a socialist revolution is near or not, Elizabeth II's funeral will surely be the last monarchist outpouring of significant size, writes ANDREW MURRAY
Prince Harry in Helmand, presumably deciding whether to add another Afghan to his claimed 25-person death toll
KEITH FLETT traces how the ‘world’s most successful political party’ has imploded since Thatcher’s fall, from nine leaders in 30 years to losing all 16 English councils, with Reform UK symbolically capturing Peel’s birthplace, Tamworth — but the beast is not dead yet
With turnout plummeting and faith in Parliament collapsing, BERT SCHOUWENBURG explains how radical local government reform — including devolved taxation and removal of party politics from town halls — could restore power to communities currently ignored by profit-obsessed MPs
As food and fuel run out, Gaza’s doctors appeal to the world to end the ‘genocide of children,’ reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
While Trump threatens to send Haitian gang leaders to El Salvador's terror prison, DANNY SHAW reveals how these paramilitary groups are merely symptoms of US-backed neocolonial rule — the real terrorists are the CIA and international actors arming desperate youth to traumatise an unarmed population
Having endured 14 years of Tory austerity followed by Starmerite cuts, young voters are desperate for change — but Anas Sarwar’s refusal to differentiate from Westminster means Scottish Labour risks electoral catastrophe, writes LAUREN HARPER
Mark Harvey pays tribute to a veteran of the days when the London building trade was a hotbed of working-class struggle, a legendary trade unionist, communist and poet
IN 1919 the ruling class was worried. The end of World War I had developed into something close to a revolutionary situation in Britain as working-class militancy, the Russian example, rising anti-imperialist agitation in the colonies, discontented troops and economic dislocation combined to threaten the rule of the capitalist class.
Sir Basil Thomson, head of the intelligence and security services, reported to the Cabinet on the problems stirring up revolutionary feelings.
They included profiteering, bad housing, the foolish ostentation of the rich, “extreme” trade union leaders, a growing pro-Labour Party press, unemployment and the circulation of Marxist literature.
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Just as German Social Democrats joined the Nazis in singing Deutschland Uber Alles, ANDREW MURRAY observes how Starmer tries to out-Farage Farage with anti-migrant policies — but evidence shows Reform voters come from Tories, not Labour, making this ploy morally bankrupt and politically pointless
