The proxy war in Ukraine is heading to a denouement with the US and Russia dividing the spoils while the European powers stand bewildered by events they have been wilfully blind to, says KEVIN OVENDEN
Star quality in Ilford North
Andrew Murray catches up with British-Palestinian parliamentary candidate LEANNE MOHAMAD who’s taking on shadow health secretary Wes Streeting, with the issues of Gaza, the NHS and the needs of the local community at the front and centre of her campaign
One can only imagine what would happen if 2.2 million Palestinian refugees were pushed into Jordan, Egypt and other Arab countries, per Trump’s proposal, writes RAMZY BAROUD
This is the most anti-migrant government in decades, argues RAVISHAAN RAHEL MUTHIAH
VICTOR GROSSMAN reports, with a little chuckle, on how US readiness to work with Russia, not just on peace for Ukraine, has thrown a spanner into the German electoral machine
SOLOMON HUGHES probes the finances of a phoney ‘charity’ pushing the free schools and academies agenda
Freedom now for former PM Mir-Hossein Mousavi and other political prisoners
VIJAY PRASHAD examines why in 2018 Washington started to take an increasingly belligerent stance towards ‘near peer rivals’ – Russa and China – with far-reaching geopolitical effects
LEANNE MOHAMAD declares herself surprised that she has been chosen as the independent challenger to shadow health secretary Wes Streeting in his Ilford North bailiwick at the general election.
No-one else would be shocked. The 23-year-old British-Palestinian woman came first in a selection process conducted by the local community after the Gaza crisis pushed Labour loyalty far beyond breaking point.
It is easy to see why. The candidate is charismatic, poised, fluent and sharp, with a megawatt smile almost permanently glowing. Streeting, classic representative of corporate Labour, as omnipresent in Keir Starmer’s ready-for-state-service line-up as he is invisible on the streets of Ilford, should be worried.
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