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The pantomime horse from hell
With Mandelson and Farage galloping into 2025 via Mar-a-Lago and wherever else a land-hungry Trump takes a fancy to, ANDREW MURRAY has a sinking feeling about what the next year has in store
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Trump’s economic adviser has exposed the actual strategy: forcing other countries to provide financial support for US world hegemony
Activist Angie Zelter has been arrested more than a hundred times. She’s not stopping now, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Natalia Marques looks at last week's ruling that Khalil can be deported and its implications
We are not here to advocate for the arms industry or its CEOs, writes STEVE HANDFORD, and that means we must take a stand against the government’s spending on war
Educators must fight for an inclusive, creative system that values all children
Although our sector is hearing better things from the current government, the recognition that what we do is education in its own right, rather than just childcare, is still not reflected in policy, writes LUCY COLEMAN
IT IS the pantomime season.
That is the only plausible explanation for the news that Britain is going into 2025 with its strategy for averting being embroiled in inter-imperialist conflict pivoting on a partnership of Peter Mandelson and Nigel Farage.
This combo is the pantomime horse from hell, uniting the progenitor of New Labour with the ascending leader of right-wing nationalist populism.
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