Andy Burnham’s growing stature has fuelled hopes of a Labour revival – but ALAN SIMPSON warns that Britain’s crisis runs far deeper than just its leadership and traces its roots to decades of financialised capitalism
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'Shitstorm'
It is three in the morning and PETER FROST is awaken by a truly Wagnerian thunderstorm — it turns out to be the mother of scores of shitstorms all around Britain’s coast
(L to R) Cartoon by JAB; Hastings and St Leonards Clean Water Action, protest against raw sewage release incidents on the beach in St Leonards, Sussex last Friday
Editor BEN CHACKO looks at the invaluable contribution the paper makes, and the headwinds it has to struggle against to get by, following the Morning Star’s 80th AGM this month
Recent violence in Belfast was not spontaneous — it was built on years of failure and political neglect, argues STIOFAN O NUALLAIN
The nationalisation move to Great British Railways (GBR) must be about more than just changing the livery, writes MARYAM ESLAMDOUST
Activists will urge MPs to protect the five-year settlement route and cut visa costs, warning reforms risk deepening inequality and labour shortages, says HARSEV BAINS
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the issues of liberty, safety and risk in relation to people receiving psychiatric treatment
IT was the middle of the night — nearer three in the morning in fact - when I was woken from my slumbers by the sound of thunder and bright flashes of lightning combined with the lovely sound of huge walnuts of raindrops knocking on the windows.
I’d left the bedroom windows wide open to combat the heavy heat of the day but it was still uncomfortably hot and sweaty so the storm was a refreshing blessing — like manna from heaven indeed. Both I and my parched garden simply needed the rain, and the more the better.
I little realised just what a terrible effect all that rain would have nationwide nor that it would introduce a brand new word into my vocabulary.
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