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Labour & the local elections: the lessons of 2017 are key to reversing the disasters of 2019-21
Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO says the left needs to set its sights on majority support, however far off it might look
Pack your bags? Keir Starmer returns to his north London home last night
The world’s largest communist party marked its 105th birthday this week — and remains true to its principles and firm in its course, says OLIVER VARGAS
The left has become too reliant on persuasion and too detached from the workplaces and communities it seeks to represent, argues NICK TROY
RAMZY BAROUD highlights how Israel’s ambassador sought to shut down UN officials documenting sexual violence and abuses against Palestinians
The US-Israeli conflict with Iran has had far-reaching consequences, including a boost to Pakistan’s regional standing, argues ROGER McKENZIE
The recent heatwaves revealed how ill-prepared Britain remains for a hotter future – and how unequal the ability to cope with it has become, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
The drive to strengthen European defence is reshaping relations between France, Germany, Italy and Britain, says NICK WRIGHT
LABOUR’S local election debacle shows that the Tory advance in England has not been reversed by the pandemic. It has accelerated.
The appalling Hartlepool result – in four years the constituency has gone from voting 52 per cent Labour to 51 per cent Conservative – was accompanied by hundreds of council seat losses and, in key mayoral contests, the re-election of incumbent Tories with increased margins (Andy Street in the West Midlands ended up with an eight-point lead over Labour, that had been 0.8 points in 2017; in Tees Valley, Ben Houchen turned a knife-edge 51-49 per cent win over Labour then into a 73-27 landslide).
This was not the pattern everywhere, but it was the general pattern. Tory inroads into Leave-voting Labour areas seen in 2019 are redrawing the political map.
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