The SNP’s government programme for the next five years raises the threat of more cuts and attacks on the public sector, engagement with unions and service users is essential, argues ROZ FOYER
Trust and confidence have ebbed away from this blundering government
The untruth of people disobeying the rules has been spun up really as a cover for the government’s own failings, writes PAUL DONOVAN
MARK JONES recounts the remarkable revolutionary pioneers Goodwyn Barmby and Catherine Watkins, who brought the term communist into the British labour movement.
The West’s policies in Yemen are in tatters as the Ansarallah forces have taken strategic territory and humiliated Saudi-backed militias. This provides an opportunity to end Britain’s shameful policy in the region, argues STEPHEN BELL
KEITH FLETT pays tribute to the resilience of the peace and anti-imperialist movement in Britain that emerged after the September 11 attacks and is ever-more needed today
The US administration is endangering lives by reversing environmental protection laws, CHAUNCEY K ROBINSON argues
It’s time to stop retreating and go on the offensive to promote working-class interests, argues DOUG NICHOLLS
THE elected politicians of this country rule by the consent of the people. Never has this been more obvious than during the time of the present pandemic.
The people have in the main done everything asked of them.
First, it was to stay at home and protect the NHS.
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