The Mandelson scandal reveals a political settlement in which democratic choice is curtailed and the power of markets eclipses the will of voters – only the left can challenge this, writes JON TRICKETT MP
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Why is Labour saying ‘We are rubbish, don’t vote for us’?
Starmer and his team are always doing the party down – but what’s the logic behind this self-defeating behaviour, asks SOLOMON HUGHES
Corbyn’s intervention exposes a corrupted system, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
Paul Holden’s book, The Fraud, exposes a hidden war inside Labour, where claims of anti-semitism, amplified by media power and factional networks, were used to break Corbynism and recast the party. JOHN ELLISON revisits the scandals, investigations and suppressed evidence from that era
In the second of a series of articles, Storming the Heavens author JENNY CLEGG introduces the key themes of her book on the Chinese revolution
The growth of Cuba’s biotechnology sector is an example of how socialism can prioritise scientific innovation, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
Paul Holden’s The Fraud reveals how a network of donors, MPs and opaque organisations quietly organised to destroy Corbyn’s leadership and manufacture a new centre of power inside Labour, writes JOHN ELLISON
Systems of power enable, excuse and normalise abuse, while survivors are ignored and women’s exploitation is repackaged as commerce and choice, warns CHARLIE WEINBERG
“WE are awful and out of touch — vote for us.” Why does the “sensible, grown-up” Labour leadership keep pushing this bizarre line?
Sir Keir Starmer promised a “professional election operation,” but the frequent repeating of the “we are not worth voting for” argument in public looks designed to lose even more votes.
It only makes sense when you realise this message isn’t aimed at winning voters.
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