People protest against the arms trade in Camden town, January 20, 2025
Campaigners promise to welcome the US president to Scotland with a ‘festival of resistance’
COUNCILLORS in Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s London constituency were forced to consider divestment from arms firms backing Israel after mass local pressure.
But Camden’s Labour ruling group fudged the issue by referring a petition signed by more than 4,000 residents of the north London borough to its pensions committee.
The debate was preceded by a large demonstration outside the Town Hall as many hundreds demanded that the council act to move £83 million its pension fund has invested in arms companies supplying weapons to Israel.
Corbyn and Sultana commit to launching new socialist party
If Labour MPs who rebelled over the welfare reforms expected to be listened to, they shouldn’t have underestimated the vindictiveness of the Starmer regime. But a new left party that might rehome them is yet to be established, writes ANDREW MURRAY
Starmer doubles down on witch hunt by suspending the whip from Diane Abbott
