The UN has shamefully empowered the occupation of Gaza rather than ending it – we must redouble our efforts to build the movement required to establish a true peace, argues BEN JAMAL
“I knew Keir Starmer in the early ’90s when I was a trainee barrister and he was a barrister, and people used to ask what he was like at the time because he was becoming a big name.
“I always said: do not trust this guy at all. I’ve seen his public persona and what he’s like in private and they’re very different.”
Damian McCarthy has just been expelled from Labour — one of thousands of leftists to suffer the same fate since Starmer took over the party three years ago this month, promising to largely continue the progressive agenda of his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn.
Ben Chacko talks to ALAN MARDGHUM of the Durham Miners Association about Reform UK‘s dangerous inroads into Durham’s long-standing Labour county council; why he cancelled his party membership; and the political class’s disconnect from working people
JOE GILL looks at research on the reasons people voted as they did last week and concludes Labour is finished unless it ditches Starmer and changes course



