The attacks on black academics are well-funded and relentless, writes DIANE ABBOTT, and they need to be fearlessly resisted by all concerned
Mandatory reselection?
Rotherham MP Sarah Champion
Extreme hot weather resulting from environmental change needs to be tackled through greater firefighting investment instead of fewer jobs and less resources, writes COLIN BROWN
There are many intricate details about the new Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani alliance we do not yet know, suggests ROGER McKENZIE, but its impact could be considerable
Holyrood incompetence has cost jobs and put the future of Clydeside’s Ferguson Marine shipyard into jeopardy. Its future should have been assured, argues KENNY MACASKILL
Hot and dry conditions are threatening British species unequipped for drought, explains PAUL ASHTON
The Baltic state is set to reverse its constitutional prohibition on nuclear weapons and foreign bases as part of accelerated Nato war preparations, warns TOM UNTERRAINER
This week, the Times reported that Labour’s hard left and Rotherham charities were seeking to unseat the town’s MP Sarah Champion.
She, of course, resigned from Labour’s front bench last year, after writing in the Sun newspaper that the country has a problem with “British Pakistani men raping and exploiting white girls.”
Aside from these comments, I tweeted, Champion was first selected as a candidate in acrimonious circumstances, which I covered as a reporter for the Left Futures website back in 2012.
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