In a wide-ranging interview, JEREMY CORBYN talks to Ben Chacko about the difficulties the new Prime Minister faces and why he sees no future in Labour
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The politics of uncertainty
The current atmosphere of chaos at the top is no accident — Boris and his new crew of extreme ‘libertarian’ crusaders are hiding their open venality, corruption and unhinged neoliberal agenda behind a facade of incompetence, writes ALAN SIMPSON
A sharp rise in public-sector investment is required to kick-start the economy, argues MICHAEL BURKE
Burnham’s billions for defence while councils and local services struggle will not deliver the change that Britain’s working-class communities need, says MICAELA TRACEY-RAMOS
Millions of elms were wiped out by Dutch elm disease in the 20th century, transforming the landscape forever – yet pockets of hope are keeping this beloved tree alive. MARK SEDDON explains
CARLOS MARTINEZ looks at the facts behind US persecution of Fergie Chambers
While Italy’s communist tradition remains fragmented and politically marginal, France’s party is attempting to re-establish itself as an independent force rooted in working-class organisation, says NICK WRIGHT
THE government’s educational omnishambles is stealing all the headlines at the moment. It pushes political incompetence to new limits. But behind the debacle lies a bigger crime. Boris Johnson is killing parliamentary democracy faster than the pandemic is killing people.
And though Labour is immeasurably more virtuous, the party struggles to lay a glove on him.
Keir Starmer’s forensic integrity initially came as a welcome relief. But Johnson merely shrugs his shoulders and buffoons along relentlessly. The sanitised nature of today’s Parliament allowed him do so. Safe separation distances have depleted parliamentary scrutiny faster than they have emptied the green benches.
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