The Carpathia isn’t coming to rescue this government still swimming in the mire, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The Malaysian dirty money with links to the City of London
The City of London skyline
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
NAJIB RAZAK was Malaysia’s prime minister from 2009 until May 2018, when Malaysian voters kicked him out in an election where allegations of his personal corruption were a big issue.
At the start of this month Razak was arrested and charged with corruption on a huge scale. He is charged with diverting billions of pounds out of Malaysian public funds into his own and his associates’ pockets.
There is a good chance the trial will uncover a huge, corrupt money trail that leads repeatedly to Britain, showing that the City of London is at the centre of the international movement of dirty money.
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