HUGH LANNING says there is no path to peace without dismantling Israel’s control over Palestinian land, lives and resources
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Any National Care Service must be paid for with taxes
Scotland is looking at a groundbreaking extension of social provision — or is it? Unless this project is publicly funded and run, with the private equity firms and hedge funds kept out, it will be a step sideways at best, argues BRENDA AITCHISON
Scottish unions have demanded Nicola Sturgeon remove private finance from any proposed national care service
CJ ATKINS reports on the stand that saw Ayman Odeh and Ofer Cassif hauled out of Israel’s parliament during Donald Trump’s vainglorious address
ROGER McKENZIE argues that Western powers can see the beginning of the end in the rise of the global South — and racist reactions are kicking in
The Tory conference was a pseudo-sacred affair, with devotees paying homage in front of Thatcher’s old shrouds — and your reporter, initially barred, only need mention he’d once met her to gain access. But would she consider what was on offer a worthy legacy, asks ANDREW MURRAY
Taking a brief look at who the US president surrounds himself with reveals a team dedicated to the complete erasure of Palestine, not justice and civil rights for its people, writes TERRY HANSEN
As the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women begins in Beijing, it’s clear that China has fulfilled its commitments set 30 years ago and delivered amazing progress in women's education and equality, writes YU BOKUN
OH, isn’t it surprising how quickly the ruling elites forget about the challenges we have faced over the past two years? I am of course being sarcastic; it comes as no surprise at all.
While we are still in a pandemic, so many politicians and business leaders seem to want to gloss over the ongoing challenges. If we add to this the perfect storms of increased fuel costs, tax rises and record levels of inflation, it is not a great start to the new year for so many households across the country.
This is not the case for the elite few who have gained so much during the global pandemic. The recently published Oxfam report Inequality Kills makes for grim reading.
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