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Be under no illusions, the RMT is engulfed in a battle between the interests of untrammelled capital and the rights of organised labour – and the Labour Party needs to show it grasps this, argues ALAN SIMPSON
STORMY DAYS: Keir Starmer has refused to back striking workers

DESPITE two crushing by-election defeats, and the resignation of his party chairman, Boris Johnson remains undaunted. 

Strutting the streets of the Rwanda South constituency, Johnson insists that support for him is still strong. Elsewhere it looks quite different.

The loss of the Tiverton & Honiton and Wakefield seats was particularly crushing. Both of these seats were pro-Brexit areas, but Johnson’s USP (unique selling point) as their Brexit-boyo has also collapsed. As the economic realities of Brexit implosion sink in, even the die-hards are going silent.

The antidote

Every silver lining...

Choosing the enemy

Tomorrow’s world: public before private

Key workers or collateral damage?

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