Transparency records reveal senior trade officials held dinners and strategy meetings with the notorious lobbying firm even as controversy over its Epstein links deepened, says SOLOMON HUGHES
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Thatcherite economics, Enoch Powell’s policies and repression
The cost-of-living crisis is no ‘accident’ – it’s deliberate policy by the Tory government, writes DIANE ABBOTT
TORIES OUT! The People's Assembly Against Austerity protest near Downing Street on April 2 2022
Starmer promised a reset after Labour’s dire electoral performance, but the government’s programme still falls far short of the bold action needed, says ANDY McDONALD MP
ANDREW DRAPER reports on the deliberate targeting and torture of Palestinian journalists by the Israeli state
Author Michael Rosen asked people how we confront a takeover by Reform. The Labour Party would do well to listen to the answers rather than shuffle more deckchairs on the Titanic, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
What began as a purported ‘anti-drugs mission’ has evolved into a permanent regional military operation, write ROGER D HARRIS and JOHN PERRY
KEITH FLETT looks at a post-election London
THE media reaction to the Queen’s Speech was rather odd. Apart from a couple of die-hard Boris Johnson supporters (yes, I know), the overwhelming majority of the commentary was negative, even including The Times newspaper, as well as The Guardian and others.
This reflects the government’s deep unpopularity and general dissatisfaction with the series of crises it has caused or contributed to.
But there was also a widespread misunderstanding, one the labour movement should not make.
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