Labour’s cynical recruitment drive normalises militarism, diverts attention from youth unemployment and public service cuts, and seeks to build consent for an increasingly aggressive defence agenda, argues GEORGINA ANDREWS
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The Nationality & Borders Bill strikes fear, breeds suspicion and undermines community cohesion
JULIA BARD looks at the persistence of anti-semitism on the political right – and its troubling emergence on parts of the left, too
As unemployment rises and living standards fall, May’s economic announcement risks locking Britain into further decline rather than charting a new course, warns JON TRICKETT MP
Despite systemic racism and far-right hostility, Britain’s migrant and black communities continue to contribute, inspire, and resist. Through education, art, and intergenerational solidarity, the next generation can help shape a future rooted in justice, understanding, and hope, says ZITA HOLBOURNE
Campaigns against nuclear weapons on the Clyde, financial backing for arms firms and rising militarism are converging with solidarity for Palestine, as Scotland’s peace movement builds momentum ahead of the 2026 Holyrood election, says ARTHUR WEST
A US air strike in north-west Nigeria, publicly framed as a Christmas act of counterterrorism, reveals a deeper shift in how power is exercised in Africa, argues RAIS NEZA BONEZA
THE Nationality and Borders Bill is currently making its way through Parliament and the House of Lords on its way to becoming law.
Let’s be in no doubt and call it what it is — a further extension of the hostile environment policies the government has been peddling since 2010.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has condemned the Bill — a Bill which is at odds with any notion of common decency, democracy, mutual respect, liberty and the rule of law: fundamental British values.
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