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
KEIR STARMER’S main line of attack against Boris Johnson on Covid-19 has been “get a grip of the crisis.” But Johnson hasn’t pursued his disastrous, privatised approach to Covid-19 because a better one slipped through his fingers.
Johnson isn’t throwing money at Serco and Mitie and Randox because he couldn’t “get a grip” on the cash. It isn’t a mistake — it’s what the Tory government wants to do.
Johnson made this very clear in his main speech at the Tories “virtual” conference in October.
US General Stanley McChrystal has been invited to advise on creating a ‘team of teams’ for healthcare transformation. His credentials? He previously ran interrogation bases where Iraqis were stripped naked and beaten, reports SOLOMON HUGHES
ALAN SIMPSON warns that Starmer’s triangulation strategy will fail just as New Labour’s did, with each rightward move by Labour pushing Tories further right



