A recent Financial Times column on the Iran war exemplifies how the Western elite worldview is more concerned with strategy and power than legality or human life, writes ANDREW MURRAY
Universal credit claimants need extra assistance amid Covid-19
Those who are already struggling under a cruel benefits system must have urgent protections put in place, writes MOLLIE BROWN
STEVE BISHOP considers the prospects for a settlement of the conflict and how the demands of both sides are being viewed
The PM is drawing cautious distance from Donald Trump over Iran – but history suggests Britain’s support may run deeper than it appears, just as it did during the Vietnam war, says KEITH FLETT
Years of austerity and political failure have left classrooms overcrowded and staff overstretched – now educators are organising across roles to demand change, says ED HARLOW
While US restrictions tighten economic and social pressures on Cuba, international allies and grassroots campaigns are stepping in to support the island’s resilience, writes BERNARD REGAN, secretary of Cuba Solidarity Campaign
Labour’s approach to Scotland reveals a long-running tension between rhetoric and reality, warns PAULINE BRYAN
LIKE many others, over the last few weeks I have watched the growth of the coronavirus, which is now a global pandemic.
I looked on while China, Italy and Spain announced more and more cases and saw the death toll rising, hoping that once it hit Britain we would be ready to gain some sort of control over it.
This period of hope has now passed — we are in the midst of a global pandemic.
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