TUC president and POA leader STEVE GILLAN speaks to Ben Chacko on the eve of Congress 2026
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Parliamentary democracy: a 200-year crisis of legitimacy
As our nation faces yet another unelected leader, how about we return to the other great avenues of enacting our democratic will, writes KEITH FLETT
DEMOCRACY? Unelected Sunak
DOUG NICHOLLS welcomes a turning point at this year’s Congress, where many motions call for a co-ordinated plan to revive British industry, a perspective outlined in his new book
HOPE VIRGO of campaign Dump the Scales warns MPs voting today they should be alert to the threat legalised assisted death poses to people with eating disorders
The Together Alliance is hosting two summits, North and South, to build power and plan action against the scourge of racism peddled by the right. DANIEL KEBEDE urges mass participation
The drift toward militarisation in Europe is not inevitable, left-wing and peace movements can preserve sovereignty and prevent war, says DÁIRE HUGHES MP
Whatever differences exist among international sympathisers of the Bolivarian revolution about its current trajectory, they should unite against the imperialist power that is the source of an enforced retreat, argues ROGER D HARRIS
Trade unions need to step up and force a turn in the policies of the labour movement to effectively confront the far-right threat, argues NICK WRIGHT
AS the TUC met in Brighton, figures were released by Megaphone that showed that in my area of north London 50 per cent of people were spending less on food and a similar number had cut back on heating as colder weather arrives. Meanwhile over 15 per cent had skipped meals they could no longer afford to eat.
This situation is not just the result of the disastrous hard-right experiment that was “Trussonomics,” but of 12 years of Tory austerity focused.
As Liz Truss departed, the focus was not on a general election but on who the next Tory prime minister who would run things for the few, not the many, should be.
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