Lasting peace requires the establishment of justice, the formation of an independent Palestinian state, and respect for the national sovereignty of the Palestinian people, writes NAVID SHOMALI
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A rush to represent the status quo
NICK WRIGHT reviews the motivations and machinations of the current crop of Tories aiming for the top — and as the herd thins, finds little of substance dividing them
FINAL STRETCH: With Penny Mordaunt (left) knocked out yesterday, only Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss now remain in the race
The West’s dangerous pesticide dumping in Africa is threatening biodiversity, population health and food sovereignty, argues ROGER McKENZIE
There is no substitute for hard work and on-the-ground organising when it comes to defeating the hard right, argues JOAO FELIX
EDDIE DEMPSEY explains why the RMT is calling for urgent action against assaults on staff and passengers on our public transport system
KELLIE O’DOWD reports on an event to highlight the GMB sisterhood
The Scottish labour movement’s rejection of the Supreme Court ruling on sex-based rights jeopardises not only the credibility of the unions but also poses legal risks and opens the door to far-right reaction, warns JANE McLENACHAN
WHEN candidates for the leadership of the Tory Party — and at this moment the office of prime minister — argue that their opponent backs “socialist” policies we have to wonder if we have entered an alternative universe in which the normal rules of political gravity no longer apply.
It is true that the Conservative Party exists mostly in a hermetically sealed ideological bubble in which the issues that animate the great majority of people only appear as relevant if they threaten the party’s grip on power.
A clear illustration of this principle is the result of a poll conducted among the Tory faithful this week by Rupert Murdoch’s Times newspaper which showed that intervention to prevent climate change is at the very bottom of their priorities.
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From Gaza complicity to welfare cuts chaos, Starmer’s baggage accumulates, and voters will indeed find ‘somewhere else’ to go — to the Greens, nationalists, Lib Dems, Reform UK or a new, working-class left party, writes NICK WRIGHT
The Tories’ trouble is rooted in the British capitalist Establishment now being more disoriented and uncertain of its social mission than before, argues ANDREW MURRAY
by Andrew Murray
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