All the evidence shows voters want Labour to shift to the left — but initial signs from Andy Burnham are worrying on that front, cautions DIANE ABBOTT
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Remembering Margaret Bondfield – a true hero of World War I
PETER FROST introduces us to Margaret Bondfield, a woman who bravely campaigned for peace in the first world war and did so much more
ANDY McDONALD MP says Labour must show it is capable of delivering real improvements in people’s lives — bold action is required
ANGUS REID and ANDREW JOHNSTONE report on an initiative that we must take this summer
ALLISON FEWTRELL on what Plaid Cymru's historic election victory means for the communities being failed by Wales’s housing crisis, and four things the new government can do right now
France Insoumise MP JEROME LEGAVRE speaks to Christophe Domec on building the Europe-wide peace movement that came together in the International Conference Against War last weekend
At last weekend’s International Conference Against War, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER talks to the Palestinian physician and politician about the struggles ahead to achieve a truly free Palestine
THE Morning Star news pages recently reported that Jeremy Corbyn and Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis had opened new social for-rent cottages built on land donated by Eavis in Pilton, Somerset, the location of the Glastonbury Festival Site.
The 13 new homes, clad in stone paid for by the Battersea and Wandsworth Trades Union Council (BWTUC), were built on a new close named after a Somerset-born woman Margaret Bondfield.
So who is Margaret Bondfield? I’ve always had a soft spot for her and indeed have written about her in the Morning Star in years past, but it is a story well worth retelling.
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