While international actors discuss governance and reconstruction, Netanyahu has made it clear that Israel has no intention of ending its military occupation, says RAMZY BAROUD
THE local elections in May are very important. The outcome can affect tens of millions of people in important aspects of their lives.
They are also an opportunity to send a strong message of rejection to this rotten government. We need the strongest possible vote for Labour, and I would urge everyone who can to go out campaigning too.
But if reports are to be believed, a rather strange debate has opened up within the highest ranks of the Parliamentary Labour Party about strategy in this and other elections.
The sheer number present on the day, estimated at half a million, points to organisational acumen and bodes well for developing the movement, says DIANE ABBOTT
Every Starmer boast about removing asylum-seekers probably wins Reform another seat while Labour loses more voters to Lib Dems, Greens and nationalists than to the far right — the disaster facing Labour is the leadership’s fault, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Deep disillusionment with the Westminster cross-party consensus means rupture with the status quo is on the cards – bringing not only opportunities but also dangers, says NICK WRIGHT
In the run-up to the Communist Party congress in November ROB GRIFFITHS outlines a few ideas regarding its participation in the elections of May 2026


