ROGER McKENZIE argues that Africa's ultimate liberation depends on its ability to decolonise itself including the redrawing of its present national borders imposed by Europe
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By hiring a former TikTok PR man as its new head of comms, Labour shows that corporate wheeling and dealing rather than principled politics will be the party’s priority, says SOLOMON HUGHES

TWO weeks ago Keir Starmer reorganised his top team because his “honeymoon” ended before it had even begun. But what do the new members of his team tell us about where the government wants to go?
The newly appointed head of communications James Lyons suggests Labour might retreat further into the corporate-sponsored world of Westminster lobbying.
Starmer’s government expected to get a honeymoon period, a wave of popularity because they finally ended Tory rule. But Starmer’s mix of Labour right politics, minimal reform and obvious enthusiasm for corporate freebies mean there was no honeymoon, with polls showing a crash in public approval.
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