Councillor SAM WHEELER says there’s a tangible shift in mood on the left in the city whose mayor has recently become PM — but there’s no room for complacency
I was recently invited to read my poem Letter from Battersea — published here in the Morning Star in September — at a parliamentary meeting organised by John McDonnell MP for the Save Shaker Aamer Campaign.
This was my first visit to the House of Commons, and it was certainly one of the more unusual venues where I’ve performed my poetry. I joined fellow campaigners in the long queue for security checks at the visitors’ entrance.
Once our bags and coats had been screened, we were free to make our way up to the committee rooms. It was impossible, though, not to pause first in Westminster Hall and savour both its impressive architecture and the centuries of history played out under its roof.
The Bard contributes to the campaign of Count Binface, and applauds Burnham’s plans for vocational training
by Mike Jenkins
TONY FOX invites readers to come and hear the story of the remarkable Liverpudlian International Brigader Alexander Foote



