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The silence of Starmer
The PM’s lack of any meaningful comment on the wave of far-right violence to sweep Britain is remarkable – and is linked to his reluctance to show solidarity with targeted Muslim communities, says ANDREW MURRAY
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during his visit to Lambeth Police Headquarters in London, August 9, 2024
The Islamic Republic’s suddenly weakened regional position exposes the nation to grave threats from US imperialism
DONG XUE explains why US tariffs hold no significant threat to China
ANSELM ELDERGILL asks whether artificial intelligence may decide legal cases in the future, in place of human judges, and how AI could reshape the legal landscape
Like pieces on a chess board, centrist parties lose ground as they accommodate rather than challenge far-right agendas — socialists must play things better, warns MATT KERR
Yanis Varoufakis and Jeremy Corbyn laid out a roadmap for peace, justice and equality as they celebrated the legacy of inspirational socialist Tony Benn, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The NEU’s annual conference promises heated debate, with motions on international politics, curriculum reform and union amalgamation likely to provoke strong reactions and challenge the status quo, writes Education for Tomorrow editor ROBERT POOLE
KEIR STARMER has handled the far-right riots as a policeman rather than a politician.
Any previous premier would surely have addressed the country in one form or another after such a signal crisis. Margaret Thatcher — even Boris Johnson — would have had something substantive to say, however misjudged.
As for Tony Blair, he felt the need to speak to and for the nation, lip trembling, after the death of the “people’s princess” in a Paris underpass, an event of no general significance at all except in so far as it highlighted the emotional intelligence deficit in the House of Windsor.
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