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Starmer: a Conservative leader of the Labour Party
How can a Labour Party whose leader's politics and character are indistinguishable from the Tories hope to be recognised as an alternative by Britain's struggling masses, asks BHABANI SHANKAR NAYAK
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Trump’s recent executive order ends union rights for a large number of federal workers, citing national security concerns after some unions vowed to oppose the massive cuts proposed by the new administration, writes PEOPLE’S DISPATCH
JOE BESWICK of the London Renters Union talks to the Morning Star’s new Left on Record programme
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ANDREW MURRAY wonders whether recent opinion polling and a fresh local authority by-election result in Ilford are an indication that the time is ripe for the left to make inroads
Due to the actions of this government, the challenges facing those with disabilities, such as spinal cord injuries, are nigh on insurmountable, argus RUTH HUNT
AFTER Jeremy Corbyn’s resignation, on April 4 2020 Sir Keir Starmer defeated Rebecca Long Bailey and Lisa Nandy in the Labour leadership election with more than 56 per cent of the vote.
Since then, he has been leading with a promise to unite the different ideological factions of the party.
There is an unfathomable political gap between this promise and his practice. He is pushing Labour in a direction where it is difficult to distinguish it from the Conservative Party.
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