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
UNABLE to win arguments, centrists like to rely on “the rules” instead — even if that means making up “the rules.”
Take the attempt to stop the End the Siege of Gaza march this Saturday. The leadership of the Labour and Conservative parties and much of the national media want to back the IDF’s war on Gaza, so they oppose the march.
But they are struggling to find persuasive arguments to get people to back a war which so clearly seems to kill so many more civilians — including children — than Hamas fighters.
Burnham’s ministerial appointees, to the right of himself, might indicate the direction of his government, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Andy Burnham’s leadership will be judged on whether he charts a genuinely different course, argues BECK ROBERTSON
IAN SINCLAIR examines the curious memory lapses across liberal media when it comes to British government crimes
As antisemitism grows, the labour movement must recommit to defence of minorities while navigating the complexities of Gaza and global politics, argues NICK WRIGHT



