The Carpathia isn’t coming to rescue this government still swimming in the mire, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
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How grassroots struggle helped defeat Thatcherism
Having seen the intensity of the struggles of the 1980s, SOLOMON HUGHES doesn’t believe there won’t be fierce resistance from those that cheered on Thatcherism the first time
BEYOND WESTMINSTER: Police attempt to control protesters gathered in Trafalgar Square, London, to protest against the Poll Tax in March 31 1990
As the RMT Health and Safety Conference takes place, the union is calling for urgent action on crisis of work-related stress, understaffing and the growing threat of workplace assaults. RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY explains
Current polling shows Scottish Labour faces a stark choice: break decisively with Westminster or continue its slide into irrelevance, warns VINCE MILLS
As discussions continue between the US and Iran over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear enrichment programme, the suppression of internal dissent by the theocratic dictatorship grows. STEVE BISHOP reports.
Last weekend’s inaugural conference mixed warmth, unity and ambition with the unmistakable echo of old arguments. MATT KERR wonders whether the fledgling party’s difficulties can be overcome
The US president’s career is defined by a consistent use of racist tropes and provocation. Why are world leaders so silent over his repeated vitriolic prejudice, asks ROGER McKENZIE
PEOPLE ask me: “Hey, grey-haired old 1980s guy. What happened in the ’80s?”
“Was it,” they persist, “all ra-ra skirts and synthesisers? Or long faces and long coats and Joy Division. Or loadsamoney and massive brick mobile phones?”
And I say: “Yes, of course it was.” Although to be honest I never saw an actual mobile phone in the ’80s. It was more about using phone boxes because not everyone had a phone in their house, let alone in their hand.
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